Dr. Seuss Quotes

“Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a Truffula Seed. It's the last one of all! You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.”

“When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.”

“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”

“People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind.”

“Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that’s because he’s guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.”

“You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

“My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: "To eat these things," said my uncle, "You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" And as you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.”

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“We've taught you that the earth is round, That red and white make pink, And something else that matters more - We've taught you how to think.”

“Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.”

“You have to be a speedy reader 'cause there's so, so much to read!”

“It doesn't matter what it is.What matters is what it will become.”

“And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”

“The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: stink. Stank. Stunk.”

“When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.”

“Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter.”

“I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.”

“Too different from other juveniles on the market to warrant its selling.”

“You make 'em, I amuse 'em.”

“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”

“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”

“The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.”

“When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.”

“Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”

“And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!”