A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander "A. A." Milnewas an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth18 January 1882
CityHampstead, England
When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together there is something you must always remember...
Time for a little something.
I suppose this is the reason why diaries are so rarely kept nowadays- that nothing ever happens to anybody.
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.
Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
That's what Tiggers do best!
Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things.
Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?
Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.
I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.
When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.
If you were a cloud, and sailed up there, You'd sail on water as blue as air, And you'd see me here in the fields and say: 'Doesn't the sky look green today?
And if anyone knows anything about anything," said Bear to himself, "it's Owl who knows something about something," he said, "or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "which it is," he added. "so there you are.