Dr. Seuss Quotes

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The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house
All that cold, cold, wet day.

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When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

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Now all that was left 'neath the bad-smelling sky
was my big empty factory...
the Lorax...
and I.
The Lorax said nothing.
Just gave me a glance,
just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance,
as he lifted himself by the seat of his pants.
And I'll never forget the grim look on his face
when he heisted himself and took leave of this place,
through a hole in the smog, without leaving a trace.
And all that the Lorax left here in this mess
was a small pile of rocks with the one word:
UNLESS.
Whatever that meant... well, I just couldn't guess.

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My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

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Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.

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The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

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Say!
I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-Am!

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When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.

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You're off to great places. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.

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Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind

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And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

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The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!

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Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

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"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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Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!

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I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees,
Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!
But I'm also in charge of the brown Bar-ba-loots,
Who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits,
And happily lived, eating Truffula fruits.
Now, thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,
There's not enough Truffula fruit to go 'round!
And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies
Because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!

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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.

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You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut

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We looked! Then we saw him
Step in on the mat!
We looked! And we saw him!
The Cat in the Hat!

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Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

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You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

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Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how.

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One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.

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In the house, and on the street, how many, many feet you meet.

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I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

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