Alice in the Wonderland Best Quotes Ever

Why Sometimes

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

But I Don’t

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

Begin At The Beginning

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

Have I Gone Mad

“have i gone mad?
im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”

Which Way I Ought

“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.”

Who In The World

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.”

If Everybody Minded Their Own Business

“If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.”

I Don’t Think

“I don’t think…” then you shouldn’t talk, said the Hatter.”

Why Is A Raven

“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”

Would You Tell Me

“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.
‘- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,’ Alice added as an explanation.
‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.”

I’m Afraid

“I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?”

My Dear

“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.”

Take Some More Tea

“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.”
“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
“Nobody asked your opinion,” said Alice.”

I Wonder If

“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!”

Would You Tell Me

“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.
Alice: I don’t much care where.
The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go.
Alice: …So long as I get somewhere.
The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you’re sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.”

The Sun Was Shining

“The sun was shining on the sea, 
Shining with all his might: 
He did his very best to make 
The billows smooth and bright
— And this was odd, because it was 
The middle of the night. 

The moon was shining sulkily, 
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there 
After the day was done
— “It’s very rude of him,” she said, 
“To come and spoil the fun!” 

The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry. 
You could not see a cloud, because 
No cloud was in the sky: 
No birds were flying overhead
— There were no birds to fly. 

In a Wonderland they lie 
Dreaming as the days go by, 
Dreaming as the summer die.”

Where Are You Going

“Cat: Where are you going?
Alice: Which way should I go?
Cat: That depends on where you are going.
Alice: I don’t know.
Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

Little Alice Fell

“Little Alice fell 
d
o
w
n
the hOle, 
bumped her head
and bruised her soul”

Either It Brings Tears

“Either it brings tears to their eyes, or else -“
“Or else what?” said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.
“Or else it doesn’t, you know.”

She Pictured To Herself

“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”

Speak English

“Speak English!’ said the Eaglet. ‘I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and I don’t believe you do either!”

You’re Thinking About Something

“You’re thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I can’t tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit.”
“Perhaps it hasn’t one,” Alice ventured to remark.
“Tut, tut, child!” said the Duchess. “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.”

It Was Much Pleasanter

“It was much pleasanter at home,” thought poor Alice, “when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t gone down the rabbit-hole–and yet–and yet–…”

I Wish I Hadn’t Cried

“I wish I hadn’t cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.
I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears !”

One Day Alice Came

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.”

The Time Has Come

“The time has come
The walrus said
To talk of many things:
Of shoes- and ships-
And sealing wax-
Of cabbages and kings-
And why the sae is boiling hot-
And whether pigs have wings.”

It’ll Be No Use

“It’ll be no use their putting their heads down and saying “Come up again, dear!”
I shall only look up and say “Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then,
if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here
till I’m somebody else”–but, oh dear!’ cried Alice, with a sudden burst
of tears, ‘I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired
of being all alone here!”

Speak Roughly

“Speak roughly to your little boy
and beat him when he sneezes!
he only does it to annoy,
because he knows it teases!”

I’ve Often Seen

“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!”

Alice Didn’t Think

“Alice didn’t think that proved it at all; however, she went on: ‘And how do you know that you’re mad?’
‘To begin with,’ said the Cat, ‘a dog’s not mad. You grant that?’
‘I suppose so,’ said Alice.
‘Well then,’ the Cat went on, ‘you see, a dog growls when it’s angry, and wags its tail when it’s pleased. Now I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.’
‘I call it purring, not growling,’ said Alice.”

Who Are You

“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.”

If It Had Grown Up

“If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.”

What A Funny Watch

“What a funny watch!’ she remarked. ‘It tells the day of the month, and doesn’t tell
what o’clock it is!’
‘Why should it?’ muttered the Hatter. ‘Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?’
‘Of course not,’ Alice replied very readily: ‘but that’s because it stays the same year for such a long time together.’
‘Which is just the case with MINE,’ said the Hatter.”

Mad Hatter

“Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? 
Alice: Well, I haven’t had any yet, so I can’t very well take more. 
March Hare: Ah, you mean you can’t very well take less. 
Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.”

Of Course It Is

“Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything
that Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral
of that is– “The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.”

When I’m A Duchess

“When I’m a Duchess,” she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone though), “I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen at all. Soup does very well without. Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,” she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, “and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that; then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it, you know—”

I’m Sure I’m Not

“I’m sure I’m not Ada for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine does’nt go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I’m not Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she’s she and I’m I, and-oh dear, how puzzling it all is! i’ll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is tweleve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is-oh dear! I shall never get to tewnty at that rate! However, the Multiplication- Table doesn’t signify: let’s try geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome-no, that’s all wrong, I’m certain! I must have been changed for Mabel!”

This Piece Of Rudeness

“This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. 

At any rate I’ll never go THERE again!’ said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. “It’s the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!”

The Executioner’s Argument

“The executioner’s argument was that you couldn’t cut of something’s head unless there was a trunk to sever it from. He’d never done anything like that in his time of life, and wasn’t going to start now. 

The King’s argument was that anything that had a head, could be beheaded, and you weren’t to talk nonsense. 

The Queen’s argument was that if something wasn’t done about it in less than no time, she’d have everyone beheaded all round. 

It was this last argument that had everyone looking so nervous and uncomfortable.”

You’re Entirely Bonkers

“You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret all the best people are.”

How Do You Know

“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

It’ll Be No Use

“It’ll be no use their putting their heads down and saying, ‘Come up again, dear!’ I shall only look up and say, ‘Who am I, then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up — if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’ — but, oh, dear!”

She Generally Gave Herself

“She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes;”

Meaning In It

“meaning in it,” said the King, “that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any. Let the jury consider their verdict.”

Mine Is A Long

“Mine is a long and a sad tale!’ said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. ‘It is a long tail, certainly,’ said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse’s tail; ‘but why do you call it sad?”

If You Don’t Know

“If you don’t know where you are going it doesn’t matter which road you take.”

Said The Knave

“said the Knave, “I didn’t write it and they can’t prove that I did; there’s no name signed at the end.”

Down Down Down

“Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again.”

Alice Felt So Desperate

“Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her,”

Whether The Pleasure

“whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up”

I Wish I Could

“I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.”

Then You Should Say

“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on.
“I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least-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’!”
“You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the same thing as ‘I get what I like’!”
“You might just as well say,” added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, “that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe’!”
“It is the same thing with you.” said the Hatter,

Alice Started To Her Feet

“Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.”