He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not. Dr. Seuss More Quotes by Dr. Seuss More Quotes From Dr. Seuss Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer. Dr. Seuss simple complicated answers And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. Dr. Seuss holiday christmas mean Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss fun inspirational life Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind! Dr. Seuss inspirational life travel If you want to get things you can't buy in a store, you have to do things never thought of before. Dr. Seuss stores ifs want 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. Dr. Seuss encouragement inspiring positive Pop guns! And bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums! And he stuffed them in bags. Then the Grinch, very nimbly, Stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley! Dr. Seuss popcorn bags gun I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments. Dr. Seuss drawing cutting character Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~ Dr. Seuss simple writing mean Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze. Dr. Seuss fleas three tree One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are. Dr. Seuss stars fishing blue Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV. Except when they don't Because, sometimes they won't. I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you. Dr. Seuss lonely winning fun Be awesome! Be a book nut! Dr. Seuss being-yourself inspirational life Oh, the places you will go. Dr. Seuss graduation So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts! Dr. Seuss voice mouths inspirational So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. Dr. Seuss happy-birthday-inspirational steps positive Adults are just outdated children. Dr. Seuss adults silly children Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. Dr. Seuss childhood adults children Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday. Dr. Seuss holiday Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child. Dr. Seuss granddaughter discovery children