Dr. Seuss Quotes

“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”

“I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.”

“Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.”

“You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”

“Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon”

“Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind”

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”

“Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.”

“A kid is a guy I never wrote down to. He's interested in what I say if I make it interesting.”

“A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!”

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

“Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory.”

“You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”

“How true, how true" said the Sour Kangaroo, "And from now on, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going to protect them with you!" And the Young Kangaroo in her pouch said "Me too!”

“And he, he himself, the Grinch - carved the roast beast.”

“It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head.”

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

“My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”

“The news just came in from the County of Keck That a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck Is yawning so wide you can look down his neck. This may not seem very important, I know, but it Is, so I'm bothering telling you so.”

“They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!”

“On and on you will hike.And I know you'll hike farand face up to your problemswhatever they are.”

“Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.”

“Big Z, little Z, what begins with Z? I do. I'm a zizzer zazzer zuzz, as you can plainly see.”

“Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.”

“Day Play We play all day. Night Fight We fight all night.”