129 Best A. A. Milne Quotes You Can’t Ignore

1. “We didn’t know we were making memories, we were just having fun.” – A. A. Milne

2. “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.” – A. A. Milne

3. “It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. Would you write ‘A Happy Birthday’ on it for me?” – A. A. Milne

4. “Sure is a cheerful color. Guess I’ll have to get used to it.” – A. A. Milne

5. “Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it’s not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.” – A. A. Milne

6. “You never can tell with bees.” – A. A. Milne

7. “If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.” – A. A. Milne

8. “Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories, and feel that there are not enough of them. So, after all that you have done for me, the least that I can do for you is to write you one.” – A. A. Milne

9. “The name’s Tigger! T-I-double-guh-ER!” – A. A. Milne

10. “There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time to begin, He couldn’t because of the state he was in.” – A. A. Milne

11. “We can’t all, and some of us don’t.” – A. A. Milne

12. “It’s going to be a tedious business, but we will see it out.” – A. A. Milne

13. “When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.” – A. A. Milne

14. “Wish I could say yes, but I can’t.” – A. A. Milne

15. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” – A. A. Milne

16. “Brains first and then Hard Work.” – A. A. Milne

17. “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

18. “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” – A. A. Milne

19. “It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said “Mate!” in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.” – A. A. Milne

20. “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

21. “Sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit…” – A. A. Milne

22. “Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.” – A. A. Milne

23. “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment.” – A. A. Milne

24. “What ever fortune brings, don’t be afraid of doing things.” – A. A. Milne

25. “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” – A. A. Milne

26. “The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t there.” – A. A. Milne

27. “Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.” – A. A. Milne

28. “Piglet wasn’t afraid if he had Christopher Robin with him, so off they went….” – A. A. Milne

29. “When you are pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen, brush the honey off your nose and spruce yourself up as best you can, so as to look Ready for Anything.” – A. A. Milne

30. “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

31. “What I like doing best is Nothing.” – A. A. Milne

32. “I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name” – A. A. Milne

33. “Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A. A. Milne

34. “Eeyore, the old grey donkey, stood by the side of the stream and looked at himself in the water. “Pathetic,” he said. “That’s what it is. Pathetic.”” – A. A. Milne

35. “Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear.” – A. A. Milne

36. “When I was young, we always had mornings like this.” – A. A. Milne

37. “There is nothing that you and I could not accomplish together, if we gave our minds to it.” – A. A. Milne

38. “When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.” – A. A. Milne

39. “If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.” – A. A. Milne

40. “Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.” – A. A. Milne

41. “We didn’t realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” – A. A. Milne

42. “The more – the merrier.” – A. A. Milne

43. “It’s your fault, Eeyore. You’ve never been to see any of us. You just stay here in this one corner of the Forest waiting for the others to come to you. Why don’t you go to THEM sometimes?” – A. A. Milne

44. “I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” – A. A. Milne

45. “He said it twice because he had never said it before, and it sounded funny.” – A. A. Milne

46. “What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” – A. A. Milne

47. “Lots of people talk to animals…Not very many listen though…that’s the problem.” – A. A. Milne

48. “You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.” – A. A. Milne

49. “Time for a little something.” – A. A. Milne

50. “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

51. “Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.” – A. A. Milne

52. “You know, when once you’ve discovered a secret yourself, it always seems as if it must be so obvious to everybody else.” – A. A. Milne

53. “Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.” – A. A. Milne

54. “It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” – A. A. Milne

55. “Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.” – A. A. Milne

56. “Don’t blame me if it rains.” – A. A. Milne

57. “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.” – A. A. Milne

58. “I have a house where I go, When there’s too many people, I have a house where I go Where no one can be; I have a house where I go, Where nobody ever says “no” Where no one says anything – so There is no one but me.” – A. A. Milne

59. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” – A. A. Milne

60. “Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness.” – A. A. Milne

61. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – A. A. Milne

62. “It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.” – A. A. Milne

63. “They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.” – A. A. Milne

64. “Nowhere can I think so happily as in a train.” – A. A. Milne

65. “There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said “Nobody.” – A. A. Milne

66. “I did know once, only I’ve sort of forgotten.” – A. A. Milne

67. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A. A. Milne

68. “Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There’s nobody here but me.” – A. A. Milne

69. “To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.” – A. A. Milne

70. “It looks like a bothering sort of day.” – A. A. Milne

71. “That’s what Tiggers do best!” – A. A. Milne

72. “It is the best way to write poetry, letting things come.” -Winnie-the-Pooh” – A. A. Milne

73. “We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” – A. A. Milne

74. “Winnie the Pooh finds comfort in counting his pots of honey, and Rabbit finds comfort in knowing where his relations are – even if he doesn’t need them at the moment.” – A. A. Milne

75. “I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn’t anymore.” – A. A. Milne

76. “I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.” – A. A. Milne

77. “Whatever his weight in pounds and ounces, he always seems bigger because of his bounces.” – A. A. Milne

78. “His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.” – A. A. Milne

79. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think – Christopher Robin.” – A. A. Milne

80. “What distinguishes Cambridge from Oxford, broadly speaking, is that nobody who has been to Cambridge feels impelled to write about it.” – A. A. Milne

81. “Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the birdie is.” – A. A. Milne

82. “How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!” – A. A. Milne

83. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – A. A. Milne

84. “We’ll be friends until forever, just you wait and see.” – A. A. Milne

85. “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” – A. A. Milne

86. “A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.” – A. A. Milne

87. “How do you spell ‘love’?” – Piglet – A. A. Milne

88. “If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together there is something you must always remember…” – A. A. Milne

89. “Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.” – A. A. Milne

90. “I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” – A. A. Milne

91. “It gets you nowhere if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.” – A. A. Milne

92. “Promise you won’t forget me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred.” – A. A. Milne

93. “Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.” – A. A. Milne

94. “I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.” – A. A. Milne

95. “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.” – A. A. Milne

96. “For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.” – A. A. Milne

97. “The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.” – A. A. Milne

98. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing.” – A. A. Milne

99. “But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.” – A. A. Milne

100. “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

101. “Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.” – A. A. Milne

102. “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.” – A. A. Milne

103. “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

104. “Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the forest that was left out by mistake.” – A. A. Milne

105. “Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.” – A. A. Milne

106. “You don’t always want to be miserable on my birthday, do you?” – A. A. Milne

107. “A fly can’t bird, but a bird can fly.” – A. A. Milne

108. “Forever isn’t long at all, Christopher, as long as I’m with you.” – A. A. Milne

109. “It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.” – A. A. Milne

110. “Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.” – A. A. Milne

111. “Life is so much friendlier with two.” – A. A. Milne

112. “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” – A. A. Milne

113. “Well, it’s the middle of the night, which is a good time for going to sleep.” – A. A. Milne

114. “Antony could never resist another person’s bookshelves. As soon as he went into the room, he found himself wandering round it to see what books the owner read, or (more likely) did not read, but kept for the air which they lent to the house.” – A. A. Milne

115. “They always take longer than you think.” – A. A. Milne

116. “Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.” – A. A. Milne

117. “How long does getting thin take?” – A. A. Milne

118. “I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.” – A. A. Milne

119. “Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.” – A. A. Milne

120. “And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn’t stop.” – A. A. Milne

121. “It is hard to be brave,’ said Piglet, sniffing slightly, ’when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” – A. A. Milne

122. “I used to believe in forever, but forever’s too good to be true” – A. A. Milne

123. “Some have brains, and some haven’t, … and there it is.” – A. A. Milne

124. “He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.” – A. A. Milne

125. “Owl hasn’t exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.” – A. A. Milne

126. “For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.” – A. A. Milne

127. “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.” – A. A. Milne

128. “When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.” – A. A. Milne

129. “When I was young, we always had mornings like this.” – A. A. Milne

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