Dr. Seuss Quotes

If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day, You have to go places quite out of the way, You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too.

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.

Be awesome! Be a book nut!

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

He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?

Oh, the places you will go.

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!

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

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.

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!

And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.

I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.

Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you

You are you. Now, isn't that unpleasant?

I speak for the trees!

In the house, and on the street, how many, many feet you meet.

You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children]

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'

On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

Young cat! If you keep Your eyes open enough, Oh, the stuff you will learn! The most wonderful stuff!

Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday.

And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!

In the places I go there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.

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.

If you'd never been born, then you might be an Isn't! An Isn't has no fun at all. No, he disn't.

Shorth is better than length.

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

It's high time you were shown That you really don't know all there is to be known.

It is fun to have fun.

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

Unslumping yourself is not easily done.

Cat, you ruined mom's dress!" "Honey, it was ruined when she bought it.

A life is a life no matter how small

Everything stinks until it's finished.

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

Not here not there not anywhere!

He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.

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!

Got something new , maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok .

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.

[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.

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

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.

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

I don't like audiences, I prefer my mistakes in private.