And how do you know that you're mad? Lewis Carroll More Quotes by Lewis Carroll More Quotes From Lewis Carroll "I see nobody on the road," said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light." Lewis Carroll distancerealkings Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder. Lewis Carroll eyedreamchildren The recent extraordinary discovery in Photography, as applied in the operations of the mind, has reduced the art of novel-writing to the merest mechanical labour. Lewis Carroll photographywritingart 'Speak when you're spoken to!' The Queen sharply interrupted her. 'But if everybody obeyed that rule,' said Alice, who was always ready for a little argument, 'and if you only spoke when you were spoken to, and the other person always waited for you to begin, you see nobody would ever say anything, so that - ' 'Ridiculous!' cried the Queen. 'Why, don't you see, child - ' here she broke off with a frown, and, after thinking for a minute, suddenly changed the subject of the conversation. Lewis Carroll queenschildrenthinking As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant. Lewis Carroll misunderstoodgentlemanopposites Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that? Lewis Carroll knivesdivisionmath Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle. Lewis Carroll riddlefishesdishes 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! See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance: They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance? Lewis Carroll turtleswaitinglobster In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts--it is unusual to offer both. Lewis Carroll gentlemangivingrooms Who can tell whether the parallelogram, which in our ignorance we have defined and drawn, and the whole of whose properties we profess to know, may not be all the while panting for exterior angles, sympathetic with the interior, or sullenly repining at the fact that it cannot be inscribed in a circle? Lewis Carroll circlesignorancemay "It's very good jam," said the Queen. "Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate." "You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday but never jam to-day." "It must come sometimes to "jam to-day,""Alice objected. "No it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day; to-day isn't any other day, you know." "I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing." Lewis Carroll queensyesterdaymath A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful. Lewis Carroll respecthandspeople A minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch! Lewis Carroll timetryingmight Everybody has won, and all must have prizes. Lewis Carroll alice-adventures-in-wonderlanddodo-birdwinning PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with regard to those two points. Lewis Carroll takencharacterlying But I was thinking of a way Lewis Carroll goes-onlittlesthinking "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." Lewis Carroll lawtalkingfather Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite! Lewis Carroll zestwritinggiving When I come upon anything-in Logic or in any other hard subject-that entirely puzzles me, I find it a capital plan to talk it over, aloud, even when I am all alone. One can explain things so clearly to one's self! And then, you know, one is so patient with one's self: one never gets irritated at one's own stupidity! Lewis Carroll irritatedstupidityself In autumn, when the leaves are brown, Lewis Carroll autumnpoetrywriting
