A. A. Milne Quotes (19 Quotes)


    One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

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

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

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

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


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

    If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

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

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

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

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

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

    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.

    If the English language had been properly organized . . . then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis,' which would save a lot of trouble.


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

    To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

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

    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.


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