List of Norton Juster Quotes

Infinity Is A Dreadfully Poor Place. They Can Never Manage To Make Ends Meet.

Where Is The Sound?" Someone Hastily Scribbled On The Blackboard, And They All Waited Anxiously For The Reply. Milo Caught His Breath, Picked Up The Chalk, And Explained Simply, "it's On The Tip Of My Tongue.

And Now," He Continued, Speaking To Milo, "where Were You On The Night Of July 27?" "what Does That Have To Do With It?" Asked Milo. "it's My Birthday, That's What," Said The Policeman As He Entered "forgot My Birthday" In His Little Book. "boys Always Forget Other People's Birthdays.

Just Because You Have A Choice, It Doesn't Mean That Any Of Them 'has' To Be Right.

When You're Very Young And You Learn Something - A Fact, A Piece Of Information, Whatever - It Doesn't Connect To Anything.

We Never Choose Which Words To Use, For As Long As They Mean What They Mean To Mean, We Don’t Care If They Make Sense Or Nonsense.

The Mathemagician Nodded Knowingly And Stroked His Chin Several Times. “you’ll Find,” He Remarked Gently, “that The Only Thing You Can Do Easily Is Be Wrong, And That’s Hardly Worth The Effort.

You Can't Improve Sound By Having Only Silence. The Problem Is To Use Each At The Proper Time.

I Never Knew Words Could Be So Confusing," Milo Said To Tock As He Bent Down To Scratch The Dog's Ear. "only When You Use A Lot To Say A Little," Answered Tock. Milo Thought This Was Quite The Wisest Thing He'd Heard All Day.

And It's Much The Same Thing With Knowledge, For Whenever You Learn Something New, The Whole World Becomes That Much Richer.

They Walked For A While, All Silent In Their Thoughts, Until They Reached The Car And Alec Drew A Fine Telescope From His Shirt And Handed It To Milo. "carry This With You On Your Journey," He Said Softly, "for There Is Much Worth Noticing That Often Escapes The Eye. Through It You Can See Everything From The Tender Moss In A Sidewalk Crack To The Glow Of The Farthest Star — And, Most Important Of All, You Can See Things As They Really Are, Not Just As They Seem To Be. It's My Gift To You.

To A Child, And To An Adult, Too, What You Discover By Yourself, Or What You Think You Discover By Yourself, Is What Stays.