Quotes from Dr. Seuss

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.

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

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

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.

People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Adults are obsolete children...

I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.

Only you can control your future.

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

It's not about what i is, it's about what it can become.

I know I am in love with you because my reality is finally better than my dreams.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go!

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better then your dreams.

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.

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

One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.

It came without ribbions, It cames without tags, It came without packages, boxes, or bags. Christmas can't be bought from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.

The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.