Zitat des Tages von Dr. Seuss:
I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
You make 'em, I amuse 'em.
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
Fun is good.
I am not a consecutive writer.
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.
I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.
I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.
Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.
You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.