49 Lorax Quotes That Are Both Inspiring and Funny
Aug 13, 2021 11:21 PM
Tripboba.com - These Lorax quotes will remind you that positive change can only happen when we finally start to care enough.
If you are still not familiar with the book The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, this is a book that shows the damage humans are doing to the environment in a rather strange way.
While this book explores the harsh realities of collapsing business structures and human ways of life depleting our natural resources and the environment as a whole, Dr. Seuss shares his message through his creative characters and storytelling.
Check out these Lorax quotes to get inspiration and motivation. Enjoy.
The Lorax Quotes

Photo by Dr Seuss Lorax from Random House
'The Lorax' is a popular kids' book written by Dr. Seuss which was published in 1971. Here are some Lorax quotes you will love.
- “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” – The Once-ler
- “I speak for the trees! Let them grow! Let them grow!” – The Lorax
- “I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!” – The Lorax
- “This tree comes in all four seasons. Winter, summer, fall, and… disco!!” – Ted’s Mom
- “A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.” – The Lorax
- “What I want more than anything in the whole world is to see a real living tree, growing in my backyard.” – Audrey
- “I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.” – The Lorax
- “Come on Ted, dance with the tree!” – Ted’s Mom
- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – The Lorax
- “I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.” – The Lorax
Dr Seuss Lorax Quotes

Here are some Lorax quotes written by Dr Seuss. Let’s have a read.
- “Did you chop down this tree?” – The Lorax
- “Those are trees. Real ones. They used to grow all around here. And people said that the touch of their tufts was softer than anything, even silk. And they smelled like butterfly milk.” – Audrey
- “’Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.” – The Once-ler
- “I’m playing poker, he’s playing goldfish, and I think he’s hungry.” – The Lorax
- “Look, everyone here needs trees and you’re chopping them down! So, we’ve got a big problem.” – The Lorax
- “I’m Frankenstein’s head on a spider’s body!” – O’Hare
- “She is not some girl, she’s a woman. In high school. And she loves trees. And I’m gonna get her one.” – Ted
- “You callin’ me a peanut, huh? I’ll go right up your nose!” – The Lorax
- “Who invited the giant, furry peanut?” – Aunt Grizelda
- “You have been warned!” – The Lorax
Quotes from The Lorax
Read these Lorax quotes and you will get inspired.
- “Who are you and what are you doing here?” – The Once-ler
- “Now that’s a thneed! Nothing unmanly about knitting. No sir!” – The Once-ler
- “I could just kiss you right now!” – Audrey
- “That’s it. The very last one. That may stop you.” – The Lorax
- “Oh! How nice to see someone so…undisturbed by…REALITY.” – The Once-ler
- “I’m going to eat this, but I’m highly offended by it.” – The Lorax
- “That’s not just a seed any more than you’re not just a boy.” – The Once-ler
- “Leave! Vacate the premises! Take your axe and get out!” – The Lorax
- “Breakfast is overrated.” – The Lorax
- “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” – The Once-ler
Dr Seuss The Lorax Quotes

Let’s read the following Lorax quotes to make us rethink.
- "I'm busy, I told him. Shut up, if you please. I rushed 'cross the room, and in no time at all, built a radiophone." — The Once-ler
- "You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs." — The Once-ler
- "But now... that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." — The Once-ler
- "I laughed at the Lorax, You poor stupid guy! You never can tell what some people will buy." — The Once-ler
- "Then I chopped down a Truffula Tree with one chop. And with great skillful skill and with great speedy speed, I took the soft tuft, and I knitted a Thneed!" — The Once-ler
- "And I first saw the trees! The Truffula trees! The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula trees! Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze." — The Once-ler
- "The Lorax said nothing. Just gave me a glance… just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance… as he lifted himself by the seat of his pants." — The Once-ler
- "I put in a quick call. I called all my brothers and uncles and aunts and I said, listen here! Here's a wonderful chance for the whole Once-ler Family to get mighty rich!"
- "From outside in the fields came a sickening smack of an axe on a tree. Then we heard the tree fall. The very last Truffula Tree of them all!" — The Once-ler
- "There’s no cause for alarm. I chopped just one tree. I am doing no harm. I’m being quite useful." — The Once-ler
Dr Seuss Lorax Quotes
Here are another Lorax quotes you will like. Enjoy!
- "Where will they go? I don't hopefully know. They may have to fly for a month...or a year... To escape from the smog you've smogged up around here." — The Lorax
- "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." — The Lorax
- "My poor Swomee-Swans... why they can't sing a note! No one can sing who has smog in his throat. And so, said the Lorax, - please pardon my cough - they cannot live here. So I'm sending them off." — The Lorax
- "I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!" — The Lorax
- "The old Once-ler still lives here. Ask him. He knows." — The Lorax
- "Your machinery chugs on, day and night without stop making Gluppity-Glupp. Also Schloppity-Schlopp. And what do you do with this leftover goo?" — The Lorax
- "He’ll tell you, perhaps... if you’re willing to pay." — The Lorax
- "The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? | The Once-ler: Uh, down? |The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean." — The Lorax
- "I am the Lorax, he coughed and he whiffed... Once-ler! He cried with a cruffulous croak. Once-ler! You're making such smogulous smoke!" — The Lorax
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