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Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.
If you want to get things you can't buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before.
He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.
It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head.
On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.
The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.
Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.
They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!
Young cat! If you keep Your eyes open enough, Oh, the stuff you will learn! The most wonderful stuff!
Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.
If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
You can think about red. You can think about pink. You can think up a horse. Oh, the THINKS you can think!
And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day
I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.
People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.
Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.
Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!
Don't grumble! Don't stew! Some critters are much-much, Oh, ever so much-much So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!
You're a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart's an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders, You've got garlic in your soul.
Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.
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.
All those Nupboards in the Cupboards they're good fun to have about. But that Nooth gush on my tooth brush.....Him I could do without.
The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? The Once-ler: Uh, down? The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.
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.
Once-ler! You're making such smogulous smoke - my poor swomee swans, why they can't sing a note! No one can sing who has smog in his throat.
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.
The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!
This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
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.
[A]s 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.
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.
I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I'm not just a clam, or a ham, or a dusty jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am - that's a great thing to be!
I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy.