A.A. Milne Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne Famous Quotes & Sayings
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When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.
He respects owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.
But I can't stay here for a week!"
"You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.
"You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
Hallo, Rabbit," he said, "is that you?"
"Let's pretend it isn't," said Rabbit, "and see what happens.
"Let's pretend it isn't," said Rabbit, "and see what happens.
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford, broadly speaking, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled to write about it.
Drinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords.
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
On Tuesday, when it hails and snows,
The feeling on me grows and grows
That hardly anybody knows
If those are these or these are those.
The feeling on me grows and grows
That hardly anybody knows
If those are these or these are those.
I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.
I didn't bounce, I coughed," said Tigger crossly.
"Bouncy or coffy, it's all the same at the bottom of the river.
"Bouncy or coffy, it's all the same at the bottom of the river.
Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.
Do go and see, Owl. Because Pooh hasn't got very much brain, and he might do something silly, and I do love him so, Owl. Do you see, Owl?
They wanted to come in after the pounds", explained Pooh, "so I let them. It's the best way to write poetry, letting things come.
Well, if you listen, Piglet, you'll hear it."
"How do you know I'm not listening?" Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing.
"How do you know I'm not listening?" Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing.
Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.
And really, it wasn't much good having anything exciting like floods, if you couldn't share them with somebody.
Well, you both went out with the blue balloon, and you took your gun with you, just in case, as you always did,
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.
If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch?
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.
She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: Winter is dead.
King John was not a good man -
He had his little ways.
And sometimes no one spoke to him
For days and days and days.
He had his little ways.
And sometimes no one spoke to him
For days and days and days.
You know, when once you've discovered a secret yourself, it always seems as if it must be so obvious to everybody else.