Alan Alexander Milne Quotes Alan Alexander Milne Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Believe Braver Intelligence Me Remember Smarter Stronger Think You
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. 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
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. Alan Alexander Milne
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. 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. Alan Alexander Milne
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. Alan Alexander Milne
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?' Alan Alexander Milne
I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.' Zac Brown
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. Elwyn Brooks White
I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw. L'Wren Scott
The Southern Ground warehouse is rocking and rolling in Atlanta, with a T-shirt shop and a leather shop; everything we're selling at our shows we're making or publishing ourselves. Zac Brown