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to think Dr Suess is a guru?

52 replies

MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:11

Such nuggets as

Today you are you, that is truer than true, there is noone alive who is youer than you.

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

Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

and finally.. Today I shall behave as if this is the day I shall be remembered!!

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Narrowboat · 14/07/2012 21:15

Agree! We have ' how lucky you are' and 'the places you'll go'.

The best life advice I have read anywhere.

ByTheSea · 14/07/2012 21:19

I love Dr Seuss.

Krumbum · 14/07/2012 21:20

From The Sneetches.
'That day, they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches,
and no kind of Sneetch is the BEST on the beaches.
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars,
and whether they had one or not upon thars.'

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MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:21

Me too bythesea

Exactly narrowboat one size fits all, he is that much of a guru!!

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Original poster
MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:22

Krumbum that has to be my absolute favourite!!

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bumpybecky · 14/07/2012 21:22

YANBU

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MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:24

I really did not think I was!! He really is!!

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Meglet · 14/07/2012 21:24

"The more that you read the more you will know,
and the more that you know the more places you'll go"

My fave book is Mr Brown can moo, but it's more for the silly noises than his philosophy.

confusedpixie · 14/07/2012 21:26

YANBU. I love Dr Suess. There are very few quotations I'd ever have printed visibly (on walls or on the car etc) but there are a few Dr Suess ones I'd happily use!

ThePhantomPlopper · 14/07/2012 21:28

YANBU!

smoggii · 14/07/2012 21:28

We love Mr Brown can Moo in this house, it cracks DD up
And 'oh the places you'll go' was read at her christening.

Dr Suess world in Universal Studios Florida is amazing

remote · 14/07/2012 21:29

I know its not meaningful but I love

"the hinkel horn honking club" !!!!

Foslady · 14/07/2012 21:31

Love Love Love Seuss - highlight of our trip of a lifetime to Florida!
Oh The Places You'll Go helped me through my divorce........

aquashiv · 14/07/2012 21:32

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

Brilliant we love the Dr.

Viperidae · 14/07/2012 21:33

I love Dr Seuss! Last time we went to Florida DS was 18 and DD was 15 but I still forced persuaded them to come to Dr Seuss World with me, they quite unreasonably drew the line at Thing1 and Thing 2 T-shirts though Grin

GreyskullsInBed · 14/07/2012 21:34

Dr Seuss is fabulous we love him in our house

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MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:35

smoggii and Foslady I would love to go there!!

remote is there really non meaningful Dr Suess?

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IAmSherlocked · 14/07/2012 21:35

"Today I shall behave as if this is the day I shall be remembered"

Dr. Seuss.

Imisssleepingin · 14/07/2012 21:36

Love Dr Seuss, there's a new Dr Seuss film out soon isn't there? Is it The Lorax ?

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MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:37

IAmSherlocked I think that is my fave!! Today anyway!!

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GreyskullsInBed · 14/07/2012 21:37

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #1
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #2
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #3
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #4
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #5
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #6
If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #7
I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #8
So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #9
And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.
Dr. Seuss

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #10
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
Dr. Seuss

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MammaTJ · 14/07/2012 21:40

GreyskullsInBed how long have you been meaning to post this?
Fantabulastic!!!!

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GreyskullsInBed · 14/07/2012 21:41

Since the last Dr Suess thread

Ohyoubadbadkitten · 14/07/2012 21:41

?Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.?

And

"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.?

The Lorax

One of my all time favourite books.
Dd taught herself to read with Dr Seuss.

AllPastYears · 14/07/2012 21:42

"Did I ever tell you that Mrs McCave
Had 23 sons and she named them all Dave."

No deeper meaning but it does make me laugh Grin. And, it's probably the only Dr Seuss that I've quoted aloud to non-family (guy at work called Dave, who was complaining his name is too common).