Dr. Seuss

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”

“You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”

“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. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

“Congratulations!Today is your day.You're off to Great Places!You're off and away!”

“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.”

“I am not a consecutive writer.”

“I box in yellow Gox box socks.”

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

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

“The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.”

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

“You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so... Get on your way!”

“Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.”

“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.”

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

“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.”

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.”

“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.”