Quote

For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

A. A. Milne

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

A. A. Milne
Age: 74 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 18
Died: 1956
Died: January 31
Author
Essayist
Military Officer
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
London
England
Alan Alexander Milne
A.A. Milne
Bears
Brain
Words
Littles
Little
Writing
Editing
Long
Bother
Bear

More quotes by A. A. Milne

Image
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
A. A. Milne
Image
You gave me Christopher Robin, and then You breathed new life in Pooh. Whatever of each has left my pen Goes homing back to you. My book is ready, and comes to greet The mother it longs to see -- It would be my present to you, my sweet, If it weren't your gift to me.
A. A. Milne
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Piglet opened the letter box and climbed in. Then, having untied himself, he began to squeeze into the slit, through which in the old days when front doors were front doors, many an unexpected letter than WOL had written to himself, had come slipping.
A. A. Milne
Image
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
Image
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
A. A. Milne
Image
Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness.
A. A. Milne
Image
What ever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
A. A. Milne
Image
He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.
A. A. Milne
Image
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
A. A. Milne
Image
A pekingeese is not a pet dog he is an undersized lion.
A. A. Milne
Image
Christopher Robin ... just said it had an x.' 'It isn't their necks I mind,' said Piglet earnestly. 'It's their teeth.
A. A. Milne
Image
The things that make me different are the things that make me.
A. A. Milne
Image
Well,” said Owl, “the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.” “What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?” said Pooh. “For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.
A. A. Milne
Image
That's right, said Eeyore. Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself. I am, said Pooh.
A. A. Milne
Image
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
A. A. Milne
Image
To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.
A. A. Milne
Image
We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see
A. A. Milne
Image
I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.
A. A. Milne