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Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (2 March 1904 - 24 September 1991) American writer and cartoonist ; most widely known by the pen name Dr. Seuss.
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- And that is a story that no one can beat, when I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
- And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)
- I meant what I said and I said what I meant . . . An elephant's faithful One hundred percent.
- Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
- In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.
I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!
- It's high time you were shown
That you really don't know all there is to be known.
- In Who-ville they say That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day !
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
- We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him! The Cat in the Hat!
- The Cat in the Hat (1957)
- From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.
- One Fish, Two Fish (1960)
- Sam I am
I am Sam
I am Sam
Sam I am
- Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
- I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere.I do not like green eggs and ham.
- Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
- A person’s a person, no matter how small.
- “My friends!” cried the elephant. “Tell me! Do tell! Are you safe? Are you sound? Are you whole? Are you well?”
- You’re going to be roped! And you’re going to be caged! And, as for your dust speck - hah! That we shall boil in a hot steaming kettle of Beezle-Nut Oil!”
- “Don’t give up! I believe in you all
A person’s a person, no matter how small!
And you very small persons will not have to die
If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!”
- “This,” cried the Mayor, “is your towns darkest hour!
The time for all Whos who have blood that is red
To come to the aid of their country!” he said.
“We’ve GOT to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”
Attributed
- "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. 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."
- "Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them."
- "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
- "You make 'em, I amuse 'em."
- Statement about children.
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