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Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
The Lorax (1971)
I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees,
Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!
The Lorax (1971)
And that is a story that no one can beat,
When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)
With your head full of brains,
and your shoes full of feet,
You're too smart to go down any not-so-good-street.
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
So, on beyond Z!
It's high time you were shown
That you really don't know
All there is to be known.
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Oh the things you can find
If you don't stay behind!
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
When at last we are sure
You've been properly pilled,
Then a few paper forms
Must be properly filled
So that you and your heirs
May be properly billed.
You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children (1986)
... and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones ... But those were Foreign Children and it really didn't matter ...
"Don't give up! I believe in you all.
A person's a person, no matter how small!
And you very small persons will not have to die
If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!"
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
I know up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here on the bottom,
We too should have rights.
Yertle the Turtle (1958)
If you never did
You should.
These things are fun.
and Fun is good.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960)
"Maybe Christmas...", he thought, "...Doesn't come from a store."
"Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!"
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you'll go.
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)