Quotes from Dr. Seuss on his birthday

“You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.”

– From "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"


“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights."

– From "Yertle the Turtle"


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

– From "The Cat in the Hat"


“My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It’s the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You’ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond Z and start poking around.”

– From "On Beyond Zebra!"


“Day
Play
We play all day.

Night
Fight
We fight all night.”

– From "Hop on Pop"


“Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.”

– From "The Sneetches and Other Stories"


"From there to here,
from here to there,
funny things are everywhere."

– From "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish"


"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."

– From "You’re Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children"


"It was a mighty view and it made King Derwin feel mighty important."

– From "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"


"But if I ran the zoo,"
Said young Gerald McGrew,
"I'd make a few changes.
That's just what I'd do…"

– From "If I ran the Zoo"


(Cherry picked from the Christian Science Monitor)