Dr. Seuss citations

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“Ne pleure pas parce que c'est terminé. Souris parce que c'est arrivé.

Il vaut mieux avoir aimé et avoir perdu que de ne jamais avoir connu l’amour.”

“Vous avez des cerveaux dans votre tête. Vous avez les pieds dans vos chaussures. Vous pouvez vous orienter dans la direction de votre choix. Vous êtes le seul à bord. Et vous savez ce que vous savez.
Et VOUS êtes celui qui décidera de l’endroit où vous irez…”

“J'aime les absurdités, ça réveille les cellules du cerveau. La fantaisie est un ingrédient nécessaire à la vie.”

“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.”

“If you'd never been born, then you might be an Isn't!
An Isn't has no fun at all. No, he disn't.”

“Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you”

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

“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.”

“Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.”

“And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We cannot pick it up.
There is no way at all!”

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

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

“Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.”

“And when you're alone there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.”

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant.”

“It is better to know how to learn than to know.”

“Everything stinks till it’s finished.”

“But now," says the Once-ler, "now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

“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!”

“Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon”

“Kid, you'll move mountains.”

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

“Oh, the places you'll go!”

“Oh the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

“I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.”

“You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go…”

“The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!”

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

“you find magic wherever you look. sit back and relax. all you need is a book”

“Children want the same things we want.
To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”

“I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.”

“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…”