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
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.
Day Play We play all day. Night Fight We fight all night.
This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!
How did it get so late so soon?
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.
You can't dribble on bow ties.
I box in yellow Gox box socks.
How true, how true" said the Sour Kangaroo, "And from now on, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going to protect them with you!" And the Young Kangaroo in her pouch said "Me too!
For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.