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Quotes by Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

Look at me!Look at me!Look at me NOW!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how.

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.Thats why my belief isthe briefer the brief is,the greater the sighof the readers relief is.And thats why your bookshave such power and strength.You publish with shorth!(Shorth is better than length.)

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.

I box in yellow Gox box socks.

When youre in a Slump,youre not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.

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 dont 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--youve got to force them to turn it.~

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

Its not about what it is, but about what it can become.

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?

Be awesome! Be a book nut!

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

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

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places youll go.

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

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

I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Its a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

The people that mind dont matter, and the people that matter dont mind.

Youre never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

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

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