Top 200 A. A. Milne Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “You never can tell with bees.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

53. “We can’t all and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

55. “As soon as I saw you I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.”

— A. A. Milne

56. “The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.”

— A. A. Milne

57. “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

58. “No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

60. “We didn’t know we were making memories, we were just having fun.”

— A. A. Milne

61. “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

62. “But now I am six. And I’m clever as clever. And now I think I’ll stay six now forever and ever.”

— A. A. Milne

63. “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

64. “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

65. “Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.”

— A. A. Milne

66. “Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”

— A. A. Milne

67. “What I like doing best is Nothing.”

— A. A. Milne

68. “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

69. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”

— A. A. Milne

70. “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

71. “Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.”

— A. A. Milne

72. “Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I’m the only one!”

— A. A. Milne

73. “My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”

— A. A. Milne

74. “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

75. “Forever isn’t long at all, Christopher, as long as I’m with you.”

— A. A. Milne

76. “Owl hasn’t exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.”

— A. A. Milne

77. “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

78. “Dig a little deeper. Think of something that we’ve never thought of before.”

— A. A. Milne

79. “The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

81. “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

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

— A. A. Milne

83. “I do like a little bit of butter to my bread.”

— A. A. Milne

84. “Once upon a time there were three little foxes Who didn’t wear stockings, and they didn’t wear sockses, But they all had handkerchiefs to blow their noses, And they kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

86. “The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t there.”

— A. A. Milne

87. “A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

89. “I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.”

— A. A. Milne

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

— A. A. Milne

91. “And how are you?” said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. “Not very how,” he said. “I don’t seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”

— A. A. Milne

92. “The more – the merrier.”

— A. A. Milne

93. “We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?′ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer.’ Pooh answered.”

— A. A. Milne

94. “Let’s begin by taking a smallish nap or two.”

— A. A. Milne

95. “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

96. “The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs. They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers, is I’m the only one. IIIII’m the only one!”

— A. A. Milne

97. “Time for a little something.”

— A. A. Milne

98. “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

99. “It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”

— A. A. Milne

100. “That’s what Tiggers do best!”

— A. A. Milne