You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!
— Lewis Carroll
Colossal Alice In Wonderland Mad quotations
It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.
Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.
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. "You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!
Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
"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."
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
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.
She [Alice] 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 it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.
If everybody minded their own business... the world would go round a deal faster than it does.
There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.
You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.
I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.
I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.
Why, you might just as well say that, I see what I eat, is the same as, I eat what I see.
'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.
Alice looked around the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. 'I don't see any wine,' she remarked. 'There isn't any,' said the March Hare.
"Well, I never heard it before," said the Mock Turtle; "but it sounds uncommon nonsense."
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
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!
We haven't any and you're too young.
I've always had a real fascination with Alice in Wonderland and really related to it in some way. And since I was little, people always nicknamed me Alice, even total strangers. I do know I'm always in Wonderland. And I'm definitely just as curious. I don't mind being amongst the mad people, I enjoy it.
Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice
You would have to be half-mad to dream me up.
And how do you know that you're mad?
The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?" Alice: "Yes.
.." The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young.
I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the constitution of the universe; and after reading them I feel as Senator Brandegee felt after a celebrated dinner in Washington. "I feel," he said, "as if I had been wandering with Alice in Wonderland and had tea with the Mad Hatter."