Quotes About Understanding

I know what you're thinking about," said Tweedle-dum, "But it ain't so, nohow." "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "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.

What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines? So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply They are merely conventional signs!

Todo tiene una moraleja, si eres capaz de encontrarla.

and the moral ofthat is —"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.

The Hatter's remark seemed to her to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. I don't quite understand you, she said, as politely as she could.

If, in picking a quarrel, each party declined to go more than three-eighths of the way, and if, in making friends, each was ready to go five-eighths of the way—why, there would be more reconciliations than quarrels!

Cuando yo uso una palabra -insistió Humpty Dumpty con un tono de voz más bien desdeñoso- quiere decir lo que yo quiero que diga…, ni más ni menos.

Cuando yo uso una palabra —insistió Humpty Dumpty con un tono de voz más bien desdeñoso— quiere decir lo que yo quiero que diga..., ni más ni menos. —La cuestión —insistió Alicia— es si se puede hacer que las palabras signifiquen tantas cosas diferentes. —La cuestión —zanjó Humpty Dumpty— es saber quién es el que manda..., eso es todo.

explanations take such a dreadful time

Me parece que podrían hacer algo mejor con el tiempo", dijo, "que gastarlo preguntando acertijos que no tienen respuesta". "Si conocieras al Tiempo tan bien como yo", dijo el Sombrerero, "no hablarías de gastarlo. ¡Es todo un caballero!

La mejor forma de explicar una cosa es hacerla.

Bueno, pues ahora que los dos nos hemos visto el uno al otro -repuso el unicornio- si tu crees en mi, yo creeré en ti, ¿trato hecho?

cats.' 'Not like cats!' cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice. 'Would you like cats if you were me?' 'Well, perhaps not,' said Alice in a soothing tone: 'don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. She is such a dear quiet thing,' Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, 'and she

His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve.

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

I'm afraid I can't explain myself. Because I am not myself, you see?

That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first--' 'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment. 'I never heard of such a thing!' '--but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both ways.' 'I'm sure MINE only works one way,' Alice remarked. 'I can't remember things before they happen.' 'It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,' the Queen remarked.

Nosotras podemos hablar, naturalmente! siempre que haya alguien con quien merezca la pena hacerlo.

Una niña tan pequeña, debería saber la dirección en la que viaja, ¡Incluso antes de conocer su propio nombre!.

Please stop posting movie quotes as if they were from the book. Maybe even read the book for real!

I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly, Alice replied very politely, for I can't understand it myself, to begin with, and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.

Si conocieras el tiempo tan bien como yo m no hablarías de matarlo. El tiempo es todo un personaje

Si conocieras al Tiempo como yo —dijo el Sombrerero—, no hablarías de emplearlo o perderlo. Él es muy suyo.

Quando eu uso uma palavra', disse Humpty Dumpty num tom bastante desdenhoso, 'ela significa exatamente o que eu quero que signifique: nem mais nem menos