| "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?""What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?""I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully."It's the same thing," he said. A A Milne Remarks |
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| 'Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh. After careful thought Piglet was comforted by this. A A Milne Quotations |
| Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. A A Milne |
| Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. A A Milne |
| Christopher Robin had a question to ask first, and he was wondering how to ask it."Well," he said at last, "it's a very nice house, and if your own house is blown down, you must go somewhere else, musn't you, Piglet? What would you do, if your house was blown down?" Before Piglet could think, Pooh answered for him. "He'd come and live with me," said Pooh, "wouldn't you?"Piglet squeezed his paw. "Thank you, Pooh," he said, "I should love to." A A Milne Quotations |
| Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? A A Milne Popular Quotes |
| For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. A A Milne Remarks |
| He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right. A A Milne Quotations |
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| If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. A A Milne |
| 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. A A Milne Adages |
| It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately. A A Milne Sayings |
| Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. A A Milne Quotes |
| No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. A A Milne Popular Quotes |
| One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. A A Milne Sayings |
| Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. A A Milne Adages |
| Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh A A Milne Quotations |
| 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 counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. A A Milne Quotations |
| 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. A A Milne |
| Time is Swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly. A A Milne Sayings |
| Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. A A Milne Remarks |
| What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A A Milne |
| When Rabbit said, `Honey or condensed milk with your bread?' he was so excited that he said, `Both,' and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, `But don't bother about the bread, please.' A A Milne Quotations |
| When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it. A A Milne |
