Alan Alexander Milne Quotes

A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

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The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' – it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.

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