Top 264 Quotes & Sayings by Dr. Seuss - Page 2

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.

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

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind.

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.

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

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

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

If you want to get things you can't buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before.

In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!

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

Sometimes crazy just isn't enough.

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

When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles... ...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.

Adults are only obsolete children.

Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Congratulations! Today is your day!

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

It is fun to have fun.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

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!

You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

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!

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

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

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

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

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

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.

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

How did it get so late so soon?

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!

Think! You can think any think that you wish.

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

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

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.

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

Today you are you! That is truer than true!

Kid, you'll move mountains.

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

Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!