Teddy Bear Day (9th Sep)

Now that I’m all grown up, I can buy any old Teddy Bear I want – except the old Teddy Bear I want.
William Sternman

In a world where everyone seems to be larger and louder than yourself, it is very comforting to have a small, quiet companion.
Peter Gray

Age simply doesn’t enter into it! The older the friend, the more he is valued, particularly when he shows so visibly the characteristics that we all look for in friends. You have only to look at a genuine teddy’s face to see at once the loyalty, common sense, and above all, dependability behind it.
Peter Bull

A bear teaches us that if the heart is true, it doesn’t matter much if an ear drops off.
Helen Exley

Everything in life I share, except of course my teddy bear!
Unknown

It is most offensive to the kindly bears who’ve adopted us when we thoughtlessly blurt out some comment about real bears, or alive bears, as if our very real and lively bear friends weren’t.
Alla Bozarth-Campbell

Love me Love my Teddy Bear.
Samantha Armstrong

In a world gone bad, a bear – even a bear standing on its head – is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.
Pam Brown

Anyone who has looked a teddy bear in the face will recognize the friendly twinkle in his knowing look.
Harold Nadolny

Baths may be lovely for people – adult people that is, but bears are not that keen. When did you last see or hear of a bear taking a bath, willingly?
Ted Menton

There is probably nothing that a bear so dislikes as a good wash.
Marion C. Garretty

There are few sadder sights than a wet bear hanging from a clothesline by its ears. Its says a lot for them that they never complain.
Pam Brown

Remember when I said Teddy can’t sleep without me? Well, truth is, I can’t sleep without Teddy.
Webster Papadopolis

Wake in the deepest dark of night and hear the driving rain. Reach out a hand and take a paw and go to sleep again.
Charlotte Gray

Bears sleep by day. At night they stay awake to chase away bad dreams.
Jesse O’Neil

A teddy bear does not depend upon mechanics to give him the semblance of life. He is loved – and therefore he lives.
Pam Brown

It’s hard to visualize the toys you had fifty years ago – all save bear. He’s as clear as if he were sitting on the desk in front of you…of course…he probably is.
Pam Brown

Once a bear has been loved by a human being, its expression is forever marked.
Jama Kim Rattigan

A bear remains a bear – even when most of him has fallen off or worn away.
Charlotte Gray

One never quite gets over a lost bear.
Jane Swan

Teddy Bears are like keys . . . They’re always in the first place you think they’d be, and the last place you look.
Garfield

At sales every other toy looks simply worn, dilapidated, grubby. A bear looks lost and abandoned and desperately in need of a loving home.
Helen Thomson

Teddy bears don’t need hearts as they are already stuffed with love.
Unknown

How many children, do you suppose, have carried a lifelong resentment of parents responsible for the surreptitious removal of their Teddy Bears?
John Ziff

There’s just something about a Teddy Bear that’s impossible to explain. When you hold one in your arms, you get a feeling of love, comfort and security. It’s almost supernatural.
James Ownby

Bears need people. People need bears.
Pam Brown

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.
Pam Brown

It’s pleasant for a bear to come home to the warmth of a fire, take a dollop of honey, talk to a friend, read the Daily Bear News, and finally creep under the quilt and sleep soundly all night.
Barbara Werkmaster.

You really don’t have to be young to find a friend in a teddy bear.
Rachel Newman

Teddy bears like to go on morning picnics in the summertime, so they can enjoy the sunshine before it it too hot for their furry selves.
Abigail Darling

A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown.
Pam Brown

Bears are just about the only toy that can lose just about everything and still maintain their dignity and worth.
Samantha Armstrong

There’s no bear like an old bear.
Samantha Armstrong

A bear grows more alive with age. No one with one ounce of sensitivity could ever consign a bear to the dustbin.
Johnnie Hague

When everyone else has let you down, there’s always Ted.
Clara Ortega

To a child, Teddy is a bridge between a human and an animal. He doesn’t mind being dressed in ridiculous hats, or even being read to. You can blame him for anything, and he won’t deny it. His marvellous face expresses anything a child wants to feel or hear.
Peter Bull