Alan Alexander Milne Quotes

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.

I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

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.

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

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.

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

I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.

Tiggers don't like honey.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

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

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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.

I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care – not in a lasting way – about what's happening to them.

I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.

Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.

Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.'

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