Dr. Seuss Quotes

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.
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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
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You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?
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Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.
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All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!
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The more you read the more places you will go,the more places you go the more things you will learn.
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Being crazy isn't enough.
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I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.
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The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.
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It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.
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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 allMay have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
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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.
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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!
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A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!
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Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
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But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have troubles with me!
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But I've bought a big bat.I'm all ready, you see.Now my troubles are goingTo have trouble with me!
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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
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I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
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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.
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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'tBecause, 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.
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You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so... Get on your way!
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How a plain and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story that no one can beat
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How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat
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You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
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The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind.
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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.
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I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
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When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.
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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
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And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
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Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.
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Be awesome! Be a book nut!
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How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?
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It's not about what it is, but about what it can become.
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And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!
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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."~
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When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.
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I box in yellow Gox box socks.
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I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
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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.)
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Look at me!Look at me!Look at me NOW!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how.
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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.
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From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
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Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
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Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
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Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.
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Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places!You're off and away!
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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.
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Everything stinks till it’s finished.
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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
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Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
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Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
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They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!
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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.
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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.
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Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't..
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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...
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A person's a person, no matter how small.
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