Lewis Carroll Quotes (141 Quotes)

But I was thinking of a plan to dye one's whiskers green.

I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, because I'm not myself, you see.

'No, no' said the Queen. 'Sentence firstverdict afterwards.'

If you don't know where you are going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

My growth is not your business, Sir!

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.

Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

It's as large as life and twice as natural.

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.

He was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of his dream too.

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

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Please, Ma' am, is this New Zealand or Australia.

Speak in French when you can't think of English for a thing-turn out your toes when you walk-and remember who you are

Ever drifting down the stream --
Lingering in the golden gleam --
Life what is it but a dream?

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

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice only today I happen to have a headache.

'In my youth,' said his father, 'I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life.'

The Duchess the Duchess Oh my dear paws Oh my fur and whiskers.

Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.

'Ill be judge, Ill be jury,' said cunning old Fury 'Ill try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.'

He would answer to Hi' or to any loud cry, Such as Fry me' or Fritter my wig' To What-you-may-call-um' or What-was-his-name' But especially Thing-um-a-jig'

But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.

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

But answer came there none - And this was scarcely odd because They'd eaten every one.

The horror of that moment, the King went on, I shall never, never forget You will, though, the Queen said, if you don't make a memorandum of it

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance.

The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me. The little fishes' answer was We cannot do it, Sir, because -'

'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.'

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'.' Said the Cat. I don't much care where Said Alice. Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat.

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

That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.

Dinner is Dinner: Tea is Tea.

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.

They gave it me . . . for an un-birthday present.

But I dont want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you cant help that,' said the Cat. 'Were all mad here. Im mad. Youre mad.''How do you know Im mad' said Alice.'You must be, said the Cat. 'or you wouldnt have come here.'

But then,' thought Alice. 'shall I never get any older than I am now That'll be a comfort, one way--never to be an old woman--but then--always to have lessons to learn

You are old, said the youth, and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak - Pray, how did you manage to do it In my youth, said his father, I took to the law, And argued e

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.

The further off from England, the nearer is to France - Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.

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

How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile, On every golden scale

When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint.

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

'Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. 'I do, ' Alice hastily replied 'at least I mean what I say, that's the same thing, you know.' 'Not the same thing a bit' said the Hatter. 'Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'

In the midst of the word he was trying to say In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away - For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Will you walk a little faster' said a whiting to a snail, There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.'

Take the two words 'fuming' and 'furious.' Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it undecided which you will say first. Now open your mouth and speak. If your thoughts incline ever so little towards 'fuming,' you will say 'fuming-furious' if they turn, by even a hair's breadth, toward 'furious,' you will say 'furious-fuming,' but if you have that rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind, you will say 'frumious.'

The reason, Cook, is plain to view.