Quotes about Understanding

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!

It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?

When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more, nor less.

Alice thought to herself, 'Then there's no use in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this time, as she hadn't spoken, but to her great surprise, they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand what thinking in chorus means--for I must confess that I don't), 'Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!

It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort, she had said, so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?

I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!

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.

When I make a word do a lot of work like that,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'I always pay it extra.

I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least—at least I mean what I say—that's the same thing, you know.

The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.

I ca'n't remember things before they happen.' 'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.