Theodore Geisel “Dr. Seuss” A list of favorite sayings

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- A person’s a person, no matter how small.
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…
- Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
- From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
- Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
- Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.
- If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.
- I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent.
- 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.
- Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
- All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot.
- The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
- Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!
- Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
- I’m afraid sometimes you’ll play lonely games too, games you can’t win because you’ll play against you.
- I’m sorry to say so but, sadly it’s true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.
- From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
- I know up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
- I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.
- 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!
- If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.
- I’m afraid that sometimes you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ’cause you’ll play against you.
- They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!
- 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.
- The storm starts, when the drops start dropping
When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping. - Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
- Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you.