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.
Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.
Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!
This book is to be read in bed.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?
Unslumping yourself is not easily done.
I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.
Think they work you too hard? Think of poor Ali Sard. He has to mow grass in his uncle's backyard and its quick growing grass and it grows as he mows it the faster he mows it the faster he grows it. And all that his stingy old uncle will pay for his shoving mower around the hay is piffulous pay of two dooklas a day. And Ali can't live on such piffulous pay!
When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time".You have more potential than you believe you do.Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.
Out there things can happen, and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew. Just go right along, you'll start happening too!
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.
Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.
I don't like audiences, I prefer my mistakes in private.
Being crazy isn't enough.
I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a laugh. For another thing, writing is easier than digging ditches. Well, actually, that's an exaggeration. It isn't.
unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
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.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.
Only you can control your future.
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
And he, he himself, the Grinch - carved the roast beast.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.
Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad!' Vlad? I know two Vlads. One is a cute little bunny that brings me cookies. The other is bad Vlad. Which Vlad?' Which one do you think?' Bad Vlad?' Good call.
The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
Adults are only obsolete children.
The more you read, the more things you will know.
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!
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.
Not here not there not anywhere!
For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.
And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.
Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.
If I went in debt a million dollars every time I committed genocide, I'd be our economy.
Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.
Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer.
You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.
My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!
You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter.
He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.
The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific.
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.
Don't live to please everyone. Embrace those who enjoy your company and to hell with the haters.
It doesn't matter what it is.What matters is what it will become.
Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.
Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.
You make 'em, I amuse 'em.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
