Alan Alexander Milne Quotes

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.

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

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

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

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

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'

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Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too.

I spend time on campaign creation and implementation, anything from sitting down with the agency or with creative companies. I also meet with supporters. We've been really lucky to have various high-profile supporters.

In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state are inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.

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

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