Alice In Wonderland Alice Quotes - Page 2

• When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.

  Lewis Carroll

  Mean, Different, Wonderland

  1871 Through the Looking-Glass, ch.6,'Humpty Dumpty'.

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• Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing. Turn out your toes as you walk. And remember who you are!

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Wonderland, Remember Who You Are

  "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass".

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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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• She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

  Lewis Carroll

  Happiness, Sweet, Advice

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: 150th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.26, Penguin

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• If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

  Lewis Carroll

  Poison, Wonderland, Bottles

  Lewis Carroll (1911). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.16, Branden Books

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• How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Minutes, One Minute

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.35, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is - oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!

  Lewis Carroll

  Trying, Twenties, Twelve

  Lewis Carroll (2009). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.9, Lulu.com

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• Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

  Lewis Carroll

  Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 1 (1872)

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• You are old Father William,' the young man said, 'and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head-do you think, at your age, it is right?

  Lewis Carroll

  Father, Thinking, Men

  Alice's Adventures inWonderland ch. 5 (1865)

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Sound, Wonderland, Nonsense

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

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• If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

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• The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.

  Lewis Carroll

  Flamingos, Firsts, Found

  Lewis Carroll (1972). “Alice in Wonderland”, p.55, Jeff Koo

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• When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!

  Lewis Carroll

  Here I Am, Wonderland, Fairy Tale

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.21, Cosimo, Inc.

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  If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

  Yogi Berra

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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• Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.

  Lewis Carroll

  Tea, Wonderland, Said

  Lewis Carroll (2016). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.44

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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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• '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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• 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, Wonderland

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

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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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• If everybody minded their own business... the world would go round a deal faster than it does.

  Lewis Carroll

  Doe, Wonderland, World

  "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

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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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• 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, Wonderland

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 2 (1872)

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Travel, Wonderland, Way

  The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll Pig and Pepper

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

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophical, Wonderland

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

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