But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going To have trouble with me!

— Dr. Seuss

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.

— Dr. Seuss

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!

— Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

— Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

— Dr. Seuss

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

— Dr. Seuss

Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.

— Dr. Seuss

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

— Dr. Seuss

Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.

— Dr. Seuss

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

— Dr. Seuss