A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander "A. A." Milnewas an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth18 January 1882
CityHampstead, England
Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.
When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.
Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.
She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.
Think it over, think it under.
If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.