Top 264 Quotes & Sayings by Dr. Seuss - Page 3

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.)

Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any

Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

Oh, the places you will go.

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.

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.

My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: "To eat these things," said my uncle, "You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" And as 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.

Unslumping yourself is not easily done.

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

Adults are just outdated children.

Poor empty pants With nobody inside them.

The moon was out and I saw some sheep. I saw some sheep take a walk in their sleep. By the light of the moon, by the light of a star, They walked all night from near to far. I would never walk, I would take a car.

I know I am in love because I am finding it difficult to fall asleep nowadays. This is because after having you around me now I find that reality is better than dreams.

My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!

Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!

And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed!

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

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. Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV. Except when they don't Because, sometimes they won't. I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

The more you read, the more things you will know.

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

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

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.

I will not eat them in a house, i will not eat them with a mouse,i will not eat them in a box i will not eat them with a fox, i will not eat them here of there i will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am

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.

If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

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

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

Step with care and great tact. And remember life's a great balancing act.

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.

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

You can do better than this.” The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be “We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.

unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.

Don't grumble! Don't stew! Some critters are much-much, Oh, ever so much-much So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope.

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.

I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult

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?

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

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

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

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

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

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

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: stink. Stank. Stunk.

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

If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact.

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

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

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

Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

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

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

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!

Being crazy isn't enough.