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I Meaning meant what I said, br and I said what I meant An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.
Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
It's a troublesome world. All the people who're in it
are troubled with troubles almost every minute.
You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Young cat! If you keep
Your eyes open enough,
Oh, the stuff you will learn!
The most wonderful stuff!
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
That's why I say, "Duckie!
Don’t grumble! Don’t stew!
Some critters are much-much,
oh, ever so much-much,
so muchly much-much more unlucky than you!"
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
"You're going to be roped!
And you're going to be caged!
And, as for your dust speck – hah!
That we shall boil in a hot steaming kettle of Beezle-Nut Oil!"
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
The Lorax (1971)
You make 'em, I amuse 'em.
In the placed 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!
On Beyonds Zebra! (1956)
Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
We looked! Then we saw him
Step in on the mat!
We looked! And we saw him!
The Cat in the Hat!
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house
All that cold, cold, wet day.
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
Thank goodness for all the things you are not!
Thank goodness you're not something someone forgot,
and left all alone in some punkerish place
like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
You're off to great places. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
Well, in Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart
Grew 3 sizes that day.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
"My friends!", cried the elephant.
"Tell me! Do tell!
Are you safe? Are you sound?
Are you whole? Are you well?"
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Say!
I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-Am!
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
On the 15th of May, in the Jungle of Nool,
In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool,
He was splashing... enjoying the jungle's great joys...
When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Misattributed Georges Duhamel in THE HEART'S DOMAIN (1919)
Often attributed to Dr. Seuss without citation; also cited as an anonymous proverb.
Disputed