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
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
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. – 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
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
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
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
My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. – 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
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
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
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. – 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
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
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