Alan Alexander Milne Quotes Alan Alexander Milne Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering. Doing Listening Nothing Thing Value You
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. Alan Alexander Milne
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. Alan Alexander Milne
Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up. Alan Alexander Milne
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. Alan Alexander Milne
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first. Alan Alexander Milne
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. Alan Alexander Milne
The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief – call it what you will – than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course. Alan Alexander Milne
Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here – like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things – but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good. B. B King
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19. Elwyn Brooks White
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. Harry Allen Smith
I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it. K'naan