Dr. Seuss (1904 – 1991)
Better known by his pen name, Dr Seuss, was an American writer and cartoonist most famous for his children's books.
Young cat! If you keep
Your eyes open enough,
Oh, the stuff you will learn!
The most wonderful stuff!
The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you’ll go.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
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.
So, on beyond Z!
It's high time you were shown
That you really don't know
All there is to be known.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
With your head full of brains,
And your shoes full of feet,
You're too smart to go down a not-so-good-street.
Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!
And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he,
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles, of course... all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
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!
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.
Sam I am
I am Sam
I am Sam
Sam I am.
If you never did
You should.
These things are fun.
and Fun is good.'
Oh the things you can find
If you don't stay behind!
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You want my opinion? We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.
You oughta be thankful
A whole heaping lot
For the people and places
You're lucky you're not.
I know up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here on the bottom,
We too should have rights.