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title: "3 Afternoon Quotes By Dr. Seuss"
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> [How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/how-did-it-get-so-late-so-soon-its-night-before-its-afternoon/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

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> [The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/the-problem-with-writing-a-book-in-verse-is-to-be-successful-it-has/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

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> [How did it get so late so soon?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/how-did-it-get-so-late-so-soon/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

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## Other authors on Afternoon

## More by Dr. Seuss

> [ \[A\]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/a-s-you-partake-of-the-world-s-bill-of-fare-that-s-darned-good-advice/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [And this mess is so big And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/and-this-mess-is-so-big-and-so-deep-and-so-tall-we-cannot-pick-it-up/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/even-though-we-may-all-become-extinct-we-can-still-leave-our/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It s the letter I use to spell yuzz a ma tuzz. You ll be sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/my-alphabet-starts-with-this-letter-called-yuzz-it-s-the-letter-i-use/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/things-may-happen-and-often-do-to-people-as-brainy-and-footsy-as-you/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/if-i-were-invited-to-a-dinner-party-with-my-characters-i-wouldn-t/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [And what would you do if you met a jibboo?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/and-what-would-you-do-if-you-met-a-jibboo/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Being crazy isn't enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/being-crazy-isn-t-enough/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/remember-me-and-smile-for-it-s-better-to-forget-than-to-remember-me/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/fame-you-ll-be-famous-as-famous-as-can-be-with-everyone-watching-you/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/did-you-ever-fly-a-kite-in-bed-did-you-ever-walk-with-ten-cats-on/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/with-your-head-full-of-brains-and-your-shoes-full-of-feet-you-re-too/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/through-three-cheese-trees-three-free-fleas-flew-while-these-fleas/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/oh-the-places-you-ll-go-there-is-fun-to-be-done-there-are-points-to/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

> [Oh, the thinks you can think!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-seuss/oh-the-thinks-you-can-think/)

[Dr. Seuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-seuss/)

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