Dr. Seuss Quotes

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Today you are You,
that is truer than true.
There is no one alive
who is Youer than You.

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You [an aspiring writer] can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

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The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you'll go.

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You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.

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UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.

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I meant what I said,
and I said what I meant
An elephant's faithful,
One hundred percent.

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You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.

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In Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart
Grew three sizes that day!

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Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

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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!

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Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.

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Once-ler! You're making such smogulous smoke - my poor swomee swans, why they can't sing a note! No one can sing who has smog in his throat.

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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!

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You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!

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I meant what I said
And I said what I meant—
An elephant's faithful
One hundred per cent!

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With your head full of brains,
and your shoes full of feet,
You're too smart to go down any not-so-good-street.

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I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

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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!

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Bump! Bump! Bump! Did you ever ride a wump? We have a Wump with just one hump. But, we know a man called Mr. Gump. Mr Gump has a seven hump Wump. So... if you Bump! Bump! Just jump on the hump on the Wump of Gump.

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Some have two feet and some have four. Some have six feet and some have more. Where do they come from? I can't say. But I bet they have come a long long way.

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