Favorite Dr. Seuss™ Quotes

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

“I know it is wet
And the sun is not sunny.
But we can have
Lots of good fun
that is funny!”

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

  “'Have no fear, little fish,'
  Said the Cat in the Hat.
  'These Things are
  good Things.'
  And he gave them a pat."

  "Then our mother came in
  And she said to us two,
  'Did you have any fun?
  Tell me. What did
  you do?"

  And Sally and I did not
  know what to say.
  Should we tell her
  The things that went on
  there that day?"

  "Well...what would YOU do
  If your mother asked you?"

 “…I meant what I said
 And I said what I meant….
 An elephant’s faithful
 One hundred per cent!”

“My goodness! My gracious!”
they shouted. “MY WORD!
It’s something brand new!
IT’S AN ELEPHANT-BIRD!!”

“And it should be, it
should be, it SHOULD
be like that! Because
Horton was faithful!
He sat and he sat!”

“Do you like green
eggs and ham?”

“I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like green
eggs and ham!”

"Would you like them
here or there?"

"I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere."

“I do so like green
eggs and ham!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Sam-I-am!”

“From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.”

     “Oh me! Oh my!
     Oh me! Oh my!
     What a lot of funny
     things go by.”

“Today is gone.
Today was fun.
Tomorrow is
another one.”

“I’m Yertle the Turtle!
Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of
all that I see!”

“Your Majesty.
Please… I don’t like
to complain.
But down here
below, we are feeling
great pain.”

“And the turtles, of course…
All the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe,
all creatures
should be.”

Horton Hears a Who!

“Because, after all,
a person’s a person,
no matter how small.”

“I’ll find it!” cried Horton.
“I’ll find it or bust!
I SHALL find my friends on
my small speck of dust!”

“We’ve GOT to make noises
in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad!
For every voice counts!”

The Lorax

“I am the Lorax.
I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees,
for the trees have no tongues.”

“I meant no harm.
I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger.
So bigger I got.”

“UNLESS
someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It’s not.”

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
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."

   "You’ll get mixed up,
   of course, as you
   already know.
   You’ll get mixed up
   with many strange birds
   as you go.
   So be sure when you step.
   Step with care and great
   tact and remember that...

   ...Life’s A Great
   Balancing Act."

   "And will you succeed?
   Yes! You will, indeed!
   (98 and ¾ percent
   guaranteed.)

   KID, YOU’LL MOVE
   MOUNTAINS!"

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!                              

“Maybe Christmas,”
he thought, “doesn’t
come from a store.
Maybe Christmas…
perhaps…means a
little bit more!”

"The Grinch hated Christmas!
The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why.
No one quite knows the reason."

     "Santy Claus, why,
     Why are you taking
     our Christmas tree?
     WHY?"

Happy Birthday To You!

"If we didn’t have birthdays, 
you wouldn’t be you.
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you do?
If you’d never been born,
well then what would you be?
You might be a fish!
Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob!
Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of
hard green tomatoes."

"Or worse than all that…Why,
you might be a WASN’T!
A Wasn’t has no fun at all.
No, he doesn’t.
A Wasn’t just isn’t.
He just isn’t present.
But you…You ARE YOU!
And, now isn’t that pleasant!"

"Today you are you!
That is truer than true!
There is no one alive...

...who is you-er than you!
Shout loud, “I am lucky 
to be what I am!
Thank goodness I’m not 
just a clam or a ham
Or a dusty old jar of 
sour gooseberry jam!
I am what I am! That’s a 
great thing to be!
If I say so myself, 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!”

The Cat in the Hat: Copyright © 1967 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. Copyright renewed 1985 by Theodor S. Geisel.
Horton Hatches the Egg: Copyright © 1940 by Dr. Seuss. Copyright renewed 1968 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel.
Green Eggs and Ham: Copyright © 1960 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. Copyright renewed 1988 by Theodor S. Geisel.
One fish two fish red fish blue fish: Copyright © 1960 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. Copyright renewed 1988 by Theodor S. Geisel.
Yertle the Turtle: Copyright © 1950, 1951 by McCall Corporation. Copyright © 1958 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. Copyright renewed 1977, 1979 by Theodor S. Geisel.
Horton Hears a Who!: Copyright © 1954 by Dr. Seuss. Copyright renewed 1982 by Dr. Seuss.
The Lorax: (R) and copyright © by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. 1971, renewed 1999.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!: Copyright © 1990 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas: TM and © 1957, renewed 1985 by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.
Happy Birthday To You!: Copyright © 1959 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. Copyright renewed 1987 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel.