Answer: Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) used just 50 words to write the #4 best-selling children's book of all time.

Theodor “Ted” Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) would have been 101 this month. He was not an official doctor but was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Dartmouth, in addition to six other honorary doctorates. At the time of Ted’s death on September 24, 1991, some 200 million copies of his books, translated into 15 different languages, had found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Since then, sales continue to climb, estimated at more than 22 million since 1991. He knew the power of words and chose them carefully. He was also a man of selective wording.

Some of our favorite Dr. Seuss quotes:

"That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is."

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.”

“My alphabet starts with the letter yuzz.”

“Oh the things you can think.”

“I meant what I said and said what I meant.”

“Adults are obsolete children.”

“You make ‘em, I amuse ‘em.”

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.”

“You’re in pretty good shape for the shape your in.”

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

“How did it get so late so soon?”

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