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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Tiggers don't like honey.

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

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

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

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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

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.

Getting to have a higher purpose other than just being successful is very necessary for me.

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

I really miss being able to blend in with people.

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