Top 30 Quotes by A. A. Milne

About A. A. Milne

These are some quotes by English author A. A. Milne, who lived between January 18, 1882 and January 31, 1956.

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

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

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

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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

Tiggers don't like honey.

Tiggers don't like honey.

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.

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

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

A. A. Milne

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

A. A. Milne

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

A. A. Milne

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

A. A. Milne

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

A. A. Milne

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