Dr. Seuss Quotes

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (2 March 1904 – 24 September 1991) was an American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.

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Native Name: Theodor Seuss Geisel

Alternative Names: Dr. Theophrastus Seuss • Doctor Seuss • Seuss • Theodore Seuss Geisel • Theo LeSieg • Theophrastus Seuss • Theodor Geisel • Theodore Geisel • Dr Seuss • Ted Geisel • Dr. Theo. Seuss

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

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

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

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

We throw in as many fresh words as 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 alive and vital. Virtually every page is a cliff-hanger — you've got to force them to turn it.

Reading can take you places you have never been before.

The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!

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

And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the roast-beast!

I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy.

Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.

Shorth is better than length.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

I speak for the trees!

And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day