Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.

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.

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3 4 percent guaranteed.).

I will not eat them in a house, I will not eat them with a mouse, I will not eat them in a box I will not eat them with a fox, I will not eat them here of there I will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam I am.

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.

And, now, come to this spot
Where the spotlight is hot
And you'll see in the spotlight
A Juggling Jott
Who can juggle some stuff
You might think he could not...
Such as twenty-two question marks,
Which is a lot.
Also forty-four commas
And, also, one dot!
That's the kind of Circus McGurkus I've got!

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.

You can think about gloves. You can think about snuvs. You can think a long time about snuvs and their gloves.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?

You have to be a speedy reader 'cause there's so, so much to read!

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.