The Lorax Quotes
The Once-ler: Those trees! Those trees! Those truffula trees! All my life I'd been searching for trees such as these! The touch of their tufts was much softer than silk, and they had the sweet smell of fresh butterfly milk! I felt a great leaping of love in my heart! In knew just what I'd do. I unloaded my cart... and in no time at all, I had built a small shop. Then, I chopped down a truffula tree with one chop!
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The Once-ler: Every once in a while I sit down with myself asking 'Once-ler, why are you a Once-ler?' And I cringe, I don't smile as I sit there on trial asking 'Aren't you ashamed, you old Once-ler? You ought to be locked in a hoosegow, you should! The things that you do are completely un-good.' Yeah? But if I didn't do them, then someone else WOULD! That's a very good point, Mr. Once-ler. Progress is progress, and progress must grow!
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[Last lines] [the boy starts to walk away after hearing the Once-ler's story]
The Once-ler: [to himself] Let's see now... where is it? [to the boy]
The Once-ler: Don't go! Don't go! I've got something for you! [the boy stops]
The Once-ler: Ah, here it is! It's a truffula seed. It's the last one of all. Catch it, don't muff! [he drops the seed, and the boy catches it]
The Once-ler: You're in charge of the last of the truffula seeds. And truffula trees are what everyone needs! Plant a new truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water, and feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax, and all of his friends may... come back. [he closes the shutters. The boy walks off with the seed in his hands]
The Once-ler: [to himself] Let's see now... where is it? [to the boy]
The Once-ler: Don't go! Don't go! I've got something for you! [the boy stops]
The Once-ler: Ah, here it is! It's a truffula seed. It's the last one of all. Catch it, don't muff! [he drops the seed, and the boy catches it]
The Once-ler: You're in charge of the last of the truffula seeds. And truffula trees are what everyone needs! Plant a new truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water, and feed it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax, and all of his friends may... come back. [he closes the shutters. The boy walks off with the seed in his hands]
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Once-ler: Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not.
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Once-ler: It's a girl, isn't it?
Ted: What? No!
Once-ler: Really. Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's guy. But he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.
Ted: What? No!
Once-ler: Really. Because when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's guy. But he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.
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The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall?
Once-ler: Uhhhh... down?
The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. be careful which way you lean.
Once-ler: Uhhhh... down?
The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. be careful which way you lean.
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Once-ler: Why are you so interested in trees, anyway? Why aren't you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing bellbottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?
Ted: [laughs]Yeah. Right, right. I don't know. Uh, I just thought it might be kinda cool to have one.
Once-ler: [knowingly]Uh-huh. It's a girl, isn't it?
Ted: [scoffs]What? No!
Once-ler: Really? Because 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.
Ted: Hey, she is not just some girl! She's a woman. In high school. And she loves trees. And I'm gonna get her one.
Once-ler: Awww. How nice to see someone so undeterred by things like reality.
Ted: Thank you.
Ted: [laughs]Yeah. Right, right. I don't know. Uh, I just thought it might be kinda cool to have one.
Once-ler: [knowingly]Uh-huh. It's a girl, isn't it?
Ted: [scoffs]What? No!
Once-ler: Really? Because 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.
Ted: Hey, she is not just some girl! She's a woman. In high school. And she loves trees. And I'm gonna get her one.
Once-ler: Awww. How nice to see someone so undeterred by things like reality.
Ted: Thank you.
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Mr. O'Hare: [O' Hare begins to sing about pollution cheerfully]
Mr. O'Hare: Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and... come on, who's with me, huh?
Mr. O'Hare: Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and... come on, who's with me, huh?
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Ted: The last seed?
Once-ler: It's not about what it is. It's about what it can become. Just like... you're not just a boy.
Once-ler: It's not about what it is. It's about what it can become. Just like... you're not just a boy.
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Audrey: [to Ted]I could just kiss you right now! [Ted and Audrey lean in to kiss, only to be stopped by Ted's mother]
Ted's Mom: We don't have time for that!
Ted: I dunno, we have a little time.
Ted's Mom: We don't have time for that!
Ted: I dunno, we have a little time.
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Ted's Mom: Why do you need a tree? It just... sticks out of the ground and it does what? I don't even know what it does. Look! We've GOT a tree! It's the Oak-a-matic! Three modes! Summer, Fall, Winter, and... Disco! [starts dancing]
Ted's Mom: Come on, honey, dance with the tree.
Ted: Oh, it hurts, mom. Please stop.
Ted's Mom: Come on, honey, dance with the tree.
Ted: Oh, it hurts, mom. Please stop.
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Once-ler: It all started a long time ago.
Ted: Can we start not so long ago, maybe?
Once-ler: Do you want a tree?
Ted: Yes, yes.
Once-ler: Then it all started a long, long time ago.
Ted: Can we start not so long ago, maybe?
Once-ler: Do you want a tree?
Ted: Yes, yes.
Once-ler: Then it all started a long, long time ago.
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Mr. O'Hare: You gotta be kidding me! Do you really think people are stupid enough to buy this?
2nd Marketing Guy: Our research shows that if you put something in a plastic bottle, people will buy it!
2nd Marketing Guy: Our research shows that if you put something in a plastic bottle, people will buy it!
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Once-ler: You wanna know about trees? About what happened to them? They're gone. [sadly]
Once-ler: It's because of me.
Ted: Huh? [a Whisper-ma-Phone chutes down to Ted. Ted leans in to hear]
Once-ler: [shouts]IT'S BECAUSE OF ME!
Once-ler: It's because of me.
Ted: Huh? [a Whisper-ma-Phone chutes down to Ted. Ted leans in to hear]
Once-ler: [shouts]IT'S BECAUSE OF ME!
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Once-ler: Unless someone like you cares an awful lot, things aren't going to get better. They're not.
Ted: You do know that you are talking in rhyme, don't you?
Ted: You do know that you are talking in rhyme, don't you?
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Once-ler: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You wouldn't hit a woman.
The Lorax: Hoo! That's a woman?
The Lorax: Hoo! That's a woman?
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Mr. O'Hare: You've got a beautiful town here, Ted! I can't think of any reason you'd want to leave town... ever again.
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The Lorax: [first meets Once-ler]Hey! [Once-ler screams and falls backwards]
The Lorax: Did you chop down this tree?
Once-ler: Uhh... No.
The Lorax: Who did it?
Once-ler: [gasps]What's that? [the Lorax looks back and Once-ler drops his ax on Pipsqueak the Bar-ba-loot]
Once-ler: I think he did it.
The Lorax: [growls]Leave! Vacate the premises! Take your ax and get out!
Once-ler: And who are you?
The Lorax: Hey, hey! I-I'm the Lorax! Guardian of the forest. I speak for the trees. [doesn't get a reaction from Once-ler]
The Lorax: So you're telling me, that you didn't see me magically appear out of that stump. With all the thunder and lightning. You didn't see any of that?
Once-ler: No. But, that sounds amazing. Can I see some of that?
The Lorax: Yeah, I could show you. But that's not how it works.
The Lorax: Did you chop down this tree?
Once-ler: Uhh... No.
The Lorax: Who did it?
Once-ler: [gasps]What's that? [the Lorax looks back and Once-ler drops his ax on Pipsqueak the Bar-ba-loot]
Once-ler: I think he did it.
The Lorax: [growls]Leave! Vacate the premises! Take your ax and get out!
Once-ler: And who are you?
The Lorax: Hey, hey! I-I'm the Lorax! Guardian of the forest. I speak for the trees. [doesn't get a reaction from Once-ler]
The Lorax: So you're telling me, that you didn't see me magically appear out of that stump. With all the thunder and lightning. You didn't see any of that?
Once-ler: No. But, that sounds amazing. Can I see some of that?
The Lorax: Yeah, I could show you. But that's not how it works.
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Once-ler: [admiring his first thneed]Now that's a thneed! Nothing unmanly about knitting. No sir!
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Once-ler: [after being pulled from the river and revived by the Lorax]Now, I have a big day tomorrow, so I am going to get some sleep. [walks off, but comes back and walks in the opposite direction]
Once-ler: Once I find my bed.
Once-ler: Once I find my bed.
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Audrey: [Referring to her mural]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.
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