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“Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind”

Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

“So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!”

Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Context: "This", cried the Mayor, "is your town's darkest hour!
The time for all Whos who have blood that is red
To come to the aid of their country!", he said.
"We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!"

“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.”

As quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times (27 November 1983); also in Dr. Seuss: American Icon (2004) by Philip Nel, p. 38
Context: Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

Variant: I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.

Dr. Seuss quote: “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”

“In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.”

On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Context: In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.
I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!

“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 one who'll decide where to go…”

Variant: 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 one who'll decide where to go.
Source: Oh, The Places You'll Go!