Alan Alexander Milne Quotes

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.

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.

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

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

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

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

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.

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

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

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

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As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

One of the most beautiful experiences our family shared was feeling the love and bond that came to life when my mother was battling her ovarian cancer. In a way, it brought our family together and opened up relationships and a closeness that was not felt before her diagnosis.

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.

In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

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