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“I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!”
Dr. Seuss buch On Beyond Zebra!
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Kontext: In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.
I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!
Robert Fulghum in True Love (1998). Versions attributed to Dr. Seuss usually run "mutual weirdness".
Misattributed
“If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”
As quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times (27 November 1983); also in Dr. Seuss: American Icon (2004) by Philip Nel, p. 38
Kontext: Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.
“You're a fortunate guy.
And you ought to be shouting, "How lucky am I!"”
Dr. Seuss buch Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Kontext: And suppose that you lived in that forest in France
Where the average young person just hasn't a chance
To escape from the perilous pants-eating plants!
But your pants are safe! You're a fortunate guy.
And you ought to be shouting, "How lucky am I!"
“It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.”
Quelle: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
Quelle: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss buch Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Quelle: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Dr. Seuss Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)
“You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.”
Quelle: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
“I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.”
Dr. Seuss buch Green Eggs and Ham
Quelle: Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Kontext: I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
“It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.”
Dr. Seuss buch Wacky Wednesday
Quelle: Wacky Wednesday
“I can read in red.
I can read in blue.
I can read in pickle color too.”
Quelle: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
“When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.”
Quelle: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.”
Dr. Seuss buch Green Eggs and Ham
Quelle: Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss buch Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
“My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!”
Dr. Seuss buch Hunches in Bunches
Quelle: Hunches in Bunches
“You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!”
Dr. Seuss buch Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
The last sentence of this statement is often misquoted as "You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, / For the people and places you're lucky you're not!"
Quelle: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Kontext: It’s a troublesome world. All the people who're in it
are troubled with troubles almost every minute.
You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!
“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”
Dr. Seuss The Lorax
Variante: I speak for the trees!
Quelle: The Lorax
“My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”
Dr. Seuss buch One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Quelle: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
