A Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick

For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.

Nathaniel Philbrick

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Anything Better Dr Goose Language Mother Mother Goose Nothing Rhythms Than Very Young

Quote Author

Nathaniel Philbrick
American - Author
Born: June 11, 1956

I'm glad that so many of Donald Pease's unique and revealing insights on Dr. Seuss--observations he shared with me on camera with an effusiveness and profundity quite unmatched--have found their way into book form. No one tells these tales of young Ted, Mr. Geisel, and Dr. Seuss, and makes the connections between the three of them, quite like Dr. Pease.

Ron Lamothe

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.

Gyorgy Ligeti

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully

Gyorgy Ligeti

I always imagine that if I met Dr. Seuss, he would be very similar to Crispin Glover.

Jim Gaffigan

When you think of things that influenced your life, Mother Goose influenced more people than almost any other thing, the rhythms of those poems. Everything after that was a bare imitation of some of those mysterious and materialistic poems.

Grace Paley

... while infants will sync with the human voice regardless of language, they later become habituated to the rhythms of their own language and culture ... ... humans are tied to each other by hierarchies of rhythms that are culture-specific and expressed through language and body movement.

Edward T. Hall

I grew up in a haunted house, reading Dr. Seuss.

Drew Daywalt

Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop.'

George W. Bush

I remember it was Dr. Seuss' birthday, and I got to read to the little ones and that was just an awesome experience. I remember when I was a young knucklehead and having that access to an after-school program in my community. It's something that hits home to me and something I wanted to always be a part of.

Travis Kelce

When you are challenging the young, they can come back at you with language of tremendous power and they are no respecters of sacred cows, you know, the young. There's nothing politically correct about the average young Australian when it comes to use of language.

Tony Abbott

'Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

Hilary Swank

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

Hilary Swank

There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.

Jonathan Lethem

Like many people, I had the powerful experience of being raised on Dr. Seuss, then becoming a parent and revisiting him with my own children. That multigenerational experience around his work is very meaningful.