A. A. Milne

Image of A. A. Milne
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Best
Image of 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
Collection: Valentines
Image of A. A. Milne
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Gardening
Image of A. A. Milne
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Work
Image of A. A. Milne
A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Money
Image of A. A. Milne
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Brainy
Image of A. A. Milne
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Education
Image of A. A. Milne
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Money
Image of A. A. Milne
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: War
Image of A. A. Milne
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
Image of A. A. Milne
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
Tiggers don't like honey.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
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.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
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.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
- A. A. Milne
Image of 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
Image of A. A. Milne
Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
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.
- A. A. Milne
Image of A. A. Milne
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Friendship
Image of A. A. Milne
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Love
Image of A. A. Milne
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Relationship
Image of A. A. Milne
Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Relationship
Image of A. A. Milne
Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Favorite Day
Image of A. A. Milne
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Love
Image of A. A. Milne
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Happiness
Image of A. A. Milne
In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Earning
Image of A. A. Milne
I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Children
Image of A. A. Milne
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Inspirational
Image of A. A. Milne
One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Discovery
Image of A. A. Milne
Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Winnie the Pooh: "You don't spell it...you feel it."
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Love
Image of A. A. Milne
The things that make me different are the things that make me.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Inspirational
Image of A. A. Milne
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Funny
Image of A. A. Milne
Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Love Is
Image of A. A. Milne
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Motivational
Image of 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
Collection: Time
Image of A. A. Milne
We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Best Friend
Image of A. A. Milne
The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Men
Image of A. A. Milne
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Inspirational
Image of A. A. Milne
Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.
- A. A. Milne
Collection: Attention