Quotes from Dr. Seuss

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

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

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

It has often been said there's so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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