79 Quotes & Sayings By Dr Seuss

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

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go... Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

Everything stinks till it’s finished. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

It has often been saidthere’s so much to be read, you never can cramall those words in your head. So the writer who breedsmore words than he needsis making a chorefor the reader who reads. That's why my belief isthe briefer the brief is, the greater the sighof the reader's relief is. And that's why your bookshave such power and strength. You publish with shorth! ( Shorth is better than length.) . Dr. Seuss

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Dr. Seuss

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."~ . Dr. Seuss

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. Seuss

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

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. Dr. Seuss

How a plain and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story that no one can beat Dr. Seuss

How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat Dr. Seuss

You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so... Get on your way! Dr. Seuss

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 ballwill 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 timesyou'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win'cause you'll play against you. Dr. Seuss

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. Dr. Seuss

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. Dr. Seuss

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 Dr. Seuss

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going To have trouble with me! Dr. Seuss

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going To have troubles with me! Dr. Seuss

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. Dr. Seuss

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

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! Dr. Seuss

He took the Who’s feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash. Dr. Seuss

The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small. Dr. Seuss

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

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day. Dr. Seuss

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

Being crazy isn't enough. Dr. Seuss

The more you read the more places you will go, the more places you go the more things you will learn. Dr. Seuss

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

Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales. Dr. Seuss

You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant? Dr. Seuss

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss

Gertrude, behind her, again had just one... That one little feather she had as a starter. But now that's enough, because now she is smarter. Dr. Seuss

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Dr. Seuss

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. Dr. Seuss

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room. Dr. Seuss

Adults are obsolete children. Dr. Seuss

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? Dr. Seuss

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. Dr. Seuss

Fun is good. Dr. Seuss

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Dr. Seuss

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. Dr. Seuss

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. Seuss

I like nonsense it wakes up the brain cells. Dr. Seuss

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again. Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss

Only you can control your future. Dr. Seuss