Wonderland Quotes

• There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.

  Lewis Carroll

  Land, Mad, Needs

  "Fictional character: The Mad Hatter". "Alice in Wonderland", www.imdb.com. February 25, 2010.

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• Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Creativity, Ignorance

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

  Watts Humphrey

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

  Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Baseball, Funny Motivational, Goals Dreams

  "His Films, His Way: Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It". Interview with Marc Savlov, www.austinchronicle.com. October 20, 2000.

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• Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

  Lewis Carroll

  Nonsense, Right Direction, Alice In Wonderland Book

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• 'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'

  Lewis Carroll

  Book, Reading, Use

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 1 (1865)

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• It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

  Lewis Carroll

  Nice, Would Be, Made

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• Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophy, Philosophical

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 12

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• It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

  Lewis Carroll

  Memories, Carpe Diem, Vision

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

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• Why is a raven like a writing desk?

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Mad

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 7 (1865).

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• Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. “No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?” “I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter

  Lewis Carroll

  Writing, Ravens, Ideas

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• 'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Mad, People

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• Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Queens, Believe

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!

  Lewis Carroll

  Cat, Saws, Curious

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 6 (1865)

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• You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, People, Mad

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• I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Night, Thinking

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.8, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?

  Lewis Carroll

  Travel, Way, Planning

  The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll Pig and Pepper

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• "Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more."

  Lewis Carroll

  Tea, Tone, March

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 7

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• If you don't know where you're going any road will do

  Lewis Carroll

  Baseball, Travel, Goals Dreams

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• Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Funny, Cute

  1865 The Duchess. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.9,'The Mock Turtle's Story'.

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• Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

  Lewis Carroll

  Life, Success, Art

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass”, p.13, Bibliolis Books

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• Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." "I don't much care where –" "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.

  Lewis Carroll

  Adventure, Care, Want

  The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll Pig and Pepper

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  I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Life, Change, Time

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 10 (1865)

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• Alice: "How long is forever?" White Rabbit: "Sometimes, just one second."

  Lewis Carroll

  White, Long, Forever

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Book by Lewis Carroll, November 26, 1865.

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