Seussical quotes

“But now,” says the Once-ler, “Now that you’re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

• The Lorax
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
• The Sneetches
• Green Eggs and Ham

“For almost two days you've run wild and insisted on chatting with persons who've never existed. Such carryings-on in our peaceable jungle! We've had quite enough of your bellowing bungle!”

• Horton Hears a Who
• Fox in Socks
• Yertle the Turtle
• McElligot’s Pool

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

• Cat in the Hat
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
• Fox in Socks
• Horton Hears a Who

“When that black-bottomed birdie let go and we dropped, we landed so hard that our clocks have all stopped.”

• Horton Hears a Who
• If I Ran the Zoo
• McElligot’s Pool
• And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street

“You stay in your place while I sit here and rule. I'm king of a cow! And I'm king of a mule! I'm king of a house! And a bush! And a cat! But that isn't all. I'll do better than that!”

• Yertle the Turtle
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Cat in the Hat
• Fox in Socks

And that's what I'll do, said young Gerald McGrew. If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day you have to go places quite out-of-the-way.

• If I Ran the Zoo
• McElligot’s Pool
• Yertle the Turtle
• Cat in the Hat

And the one speck of food that he left in the house was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Cat in the Hat
• Horton Hears a Who
• Yertle the Turtle

Now, of course, we're all mustard, so, one of the rules Is to wash it all off in the Mustard-Off Pools which are very fine warm water mountaintop tubs which were built, just for this, by the Mustard-Off clubs.

• Happy Birthday to You!
• Yertle the Turtle
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Cat in the Hat

Oh, the sea is so full of a number of fish, if a fellow is patient he might get his wish.

• McElligot’s Pool
• And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street
• Cat in the Hat
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Say! In the dark? Here in the dark! Would you, could you, in the dark? I would not, could not, in the dark.

• Green Eggs and Ham
• There's a Wocket in My Pocket
• Yertle the Turtle
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas