Wonderland Quotes

• 'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'

  Lewis Carroll

  Time, Kings, Shoes

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 4 (1872)

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• It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophical, Through The Looking Glass

  Lewis Carroll (1976). “Alice Through the Looking Glass: Musical”, p.13, Dramatic Publishing

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• If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see?

  Lewis Carroll

  Wise, Would Be, World

  "Fictional character: Alice". "Alice in Wonderland", 1951.

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• Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

  Lewis Carroll

  Imagination, Identity, Might

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.61, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.

  Lewis Carroll

  Through The Looking Glass, Said, I Can

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.97, Delphi Classics

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• Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Thinking, Conversation

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.97, Delphi Classics

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• I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Silence, Silent

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.115, Delphi Classics

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• Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Tattoo, Time

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 9.

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• Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

  Jules de Gaultier

  Life, War, Reality

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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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• 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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• I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Thinking, Through The Looking Glass

  Lewis Carroll (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)”, p.97, Delphi Classics

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• "Well, I never heard it before," said the Mock Turtle; "but it sounds uncommon nonsense."

  Lewis Carroll

  Sound, Nonsense, Uncommon

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

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Nice, Would Be, Made

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• One can't believe impossible things.

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Math, Impossible Things

  1871 Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 5,'Wool and Water'.

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• Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Somewhere Else, Want

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 2 (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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• If you don't know where you're going any road will do

  Lewis Carroll

  Baseball, Travel, Goals Dreams

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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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• "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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• 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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• 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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• '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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