100 Quotes by Dr. Seuss

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! (Meaning)

Poor empty pants With nobody inside them. (Quote Meaning)

You can't dribble on bow ties. (Meaning)

Teeth are always in style. (Quote Meaning)

Be awesome! Be a book nut! (Meaning)

Being crazy isn't enough. (Quote Meaning)

I look at the world through the wrong end of a telescope. (Meaning)

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky. (Quote Meaning)

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You are the guy who'll decide where to go. (Meaning)

One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish! (Quote Meaning)

I speak for the trees! (Meaning)

And he, he himself, the Grinch - carved the roast beast. (Quote Meaning)

Not here not there not anywhere! (Meaning)

You can't build a substantial V out of turtles! (Quote Meaning)

Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you. (Meaning)

It’s opener, out there, in the wide, open air. (Quote Meaning)

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. (Meaning)

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The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. (Quote Meaning)

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. (Meaning)

Fun is good. (Quote Meaning)

You’re off to Great Places! (Meaning)

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. (Quote Meaning)

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

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. (Meaning)

Why fit in when you were born to stand out? (Quote Meaning)

The more that you read, the more things you will know. (Meaning)

You have to be odd to be number one. (Meaning)

Today you are You, that is truer than true. (Quote Meaning)

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory. (Meaning)

To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world. (Quote Meaning)

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

If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. (Quote Meaning)

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter.

A person's a person, no matter how small. (Meaning)

Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. (Quote Meaning)

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

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

How did it get so late so soon? (Meaning)

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 can steer yourself in any direction you choose. (Meaning)

Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter.

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!

Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.

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

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

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

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.

People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.

In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!

It is better to know how to learn than to know. (Meaning)

It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. (Meaning)

Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.

Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.

You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!

The more you read, the more things you will know. (Meaning)

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

Adults are only obsolete children.

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

My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around

Don't live to please everyone. Embrace those who enjoy your company and to hell with the haters.

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

It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not.

Step with care and great tact. And remember life's a great balancing act.

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. (Quote Meaning)

One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. (Meaning)

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

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!

We've taught you that the earth is round, That red and white make pink, And something else that matters more - We've taught you how to think.

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

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered. (Meaning)

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

People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind.

Think and wonder, wonder and think. (Quote Meaning)

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

Look at life through the wrong end of the telescope.

You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that’s because he’s guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.

I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.

You have to be a speedy reader 'cause there's so, so much to read!

Adults are just outdated children.

If you want to get things you can't buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before.

Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer.

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.

Think! You can think any think that you wish.

Only you can control your future. (Meaning)

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

You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

Oh the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind! (Meaning)

Reading can take you places you have never been before. (Quote Meaning)

Congratulations! Today is your day! (Meaning)

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.

I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. (Meaning)

Sometimes crazy just isn't enough.

My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!

Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.

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

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story. I, for some reason or another, don’t do that. I treat the child as an equal.

And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!

Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.

You can do better than this.” The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be “We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

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.

I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?

And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed!

The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.

My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdom as he sat there on that chair: "To eat these things," said my uncle, "You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!" And as you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.

Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts! (Meaning)

A life is a life no matter how small (Meaning)