A. A. Milne

“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”

“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”

“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”

“I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.”

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

“You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.”

“I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.”

“I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.”

“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”