I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! Quotes

Context

This line is from the book I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, written by Dr. Seuss (1978).

He can read in red, he can read in blue, he can read in pickle color, too! (Not bad right? Though, we confess, maybe not as good as Dr. Seuss's rhymes.)

Anyway, this little poem is from the book I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, which has the Cat in the Hat on the cover, reading with (you guessed it) his eyes shut. He may be able to read with his eyes shut, but we have to keep ours open to make sense of all these rhyming words. If we had our eyes shut, we'd miss the little pearls of wisdom, like "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Where you've heard it

You've heard this from your school librarian telling you about the power of reading. And, being the librarian, she's read the whole book, so she knows this story is actually about keeping your eyes open while reading, so you can see where you're going, not just where you've been! (Another Seuss reference for you.)

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

As long as you're not pretending to be able to read with your eyes shut, this quote isn't very pretentious.