Quotes from Dr. Seuss

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.

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

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.

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

There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.

It has often been said there's so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)

Poor empty pants With nobody inside them.

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.

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

Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory.

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

Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!

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

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

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

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.

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

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

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