Alan Alexander Milne Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

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

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

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Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.

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

I usually build my collections on colors and on staples, so when you buy pieces, you are really adding to your wardrobe, and you're getting a new color palette to play with. The clothes are timeless and modern at the same time.

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

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