Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geiselwas an American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 March 1904
CitySpringfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
You are you that is truer than true
I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.
Poor empty pants With nobody inside them.
If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly it's true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
A life is a life no matter how small
Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.
On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can do better than this.” The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be “We can . . . and we’ve got to . . . do better than this.