Bartholomew and the Oobleck Quotes

“So don’t waste your time saying foolish magic words. YOU ought to be saying some plain simple words!”

“Come back. Bartholomew Cubbins! You’re right! It is all my fault! And I am sorry! Oh, Bartholomew, I’m awfully, awfully sorry!”

“You rule all the land. And you rule all the people. But even kings can’t rule the sky.”

“Won’t look like rain. Won’t look like snow. Won’t look like fog. That’s all we know. We just can’t tell you any more. We’ve never made oobleck before.”

“Maybe there was, and maybe there wasn’t. But they say that as soon as the old King spoke them, the sun began to shine and fight its way through the storm. They say that the falling oobleck blobs grew smaller and smaller and smaller. ”

“And the moment the King spoke those words, something happened...Maybe there was something magic in those simple words, ‘I’m sorry.’ Maybe there was something magic in those simple words, ‘It’s all my fault.‘”

“Every year the same four things! I’m mighty tired of those old things! I want something NEW to come down!”

“That oobleck’s gooey! It’s gummy! It’s like glue!”

“They can do it for me! Bartholomew Cubbins, blow my secret whistle! Quick! Call my royal magicians!”

“You may be a mighty king, but your sitting in oobleck up to your chin. And so is everyone else in you land. And if you won’t even say you’re sorry, you’re no sort of a king at all!”

“Why, I’ll be the mightiest man that ever lived! Just think of it! Tomorrow I’m going to have OOBLECK!”

“ME... ME say I’m sorry! Kings never say ‘I’m sorry!’ and I am the mightiest king in all the world!”