Quotes from Dr. Seuss

And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that's because he's a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.

It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around

And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

Be grateful you're not in the forest in France Where the average young person just hasn't a chance To escape from the perilous pants eating plants But your pants are safe, you're a fortunate guy You ought to be shouting how lucky am I

Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a Truffula Seed. It's the last one of all! You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~

You have to be a speedy reader because there's so so much to read.

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

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.

Oh, the thinks you can think!

It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.

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 you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.

Everything stinks till it's finished.

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

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?

You have to be odd to be number one