Dr. Seuss Quotes

'Mister!' he said with a sawdusty sneeze. 'I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I'm asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs' – He was very upset as he shouted and puffed – 'What's that THING you've made out of my Truffula tuft?'

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• If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • You
  • Door
  • Sugar

• I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.

  

  Saffron Burrows
  • Truth
  • Giving
  • Now

• George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Always
  • Said
  • Rip

• My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.

  

  Walter Salles
  • Life
  • Country
  • Father

• I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Happy
  • Guy
  • Night

• A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Good
  • Best
  • Artist

• My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Why
  • Always
  • White

• I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.

  

  Lamar Alexander
  • Believe
  • You
  • Three

• If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Up
  • Different
  • Writing

• If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • God
  • Done

• I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

  

  Iman
  • People
  • Myself
  • Google

• I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go.

  

  Aaron Douglas
  • Time
  • World
  • Love

• In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Nature
  • Light
  • Picture

• After karting in Venezuela, I came to Europe in 1998 to compete in international kart races, which was great for me to get experience racing outside my country. After consistently being at the top, I decided to move to Italian Formula Renault.

  

  Pastor Maldonado
  • Country
  • Experience
  • Italian

• There are no promises in life, Sludig, but it seems to me smarter to take fewer chances.

  

  Tad Williams
  • Life

• We've got to help each other, seeing as God doesn't help us. Do you see how great Jesus' idea was? Imagine how much it must have irritated God. Forget the devil, Jesus was the only true enemy of God, and he's the only friend us poor wretches have.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Great
  • God
  • True

• In a coma, you don't dream,you just hope that someone sits with you.

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Hope
  • Dream

• History teaches us that war is not inevitable. Once again, it is for us to choose whether we use war or some other method of settling the ordinary and unavoidable conflicts between groups of men.

  

  Aldous Huxley
  • Men
  • War
  • History

• Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

  

  Desmond Tutu
  • Military
  • Angry
  • Forgiveness

• If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.

  

  Jennifer Pahlka
  • Work
  • Experience

• As early as 1681-82, a group of Abenakis had accompanied the French explorer La Salle on his historic voyage down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. By 1700, many Abenaki and Iroquois Indians spoke French and had some European education, and some were literate in French and Latin.

  

  Adrienne Mayor
  • Education
  • Latin

• Making a documentary, there are thousands of choices, all the time: the angles and the pace and the choice of characters, the choice of music.

  

  Carl Andreas Koefoed
  • Music
  • Choice
  • Characters

• 'Mister!' he said with a sawdusty sneeze. 'I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I'm asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs' – He was very upset as he shouted and puffed – 'What's that THING you've made out of my Truffula tuft?'

  

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