Quotes About Progress

The technology of the book is much more flexible than film, more user friendly. The reader can dip into the book at will, without electricity, and is always aware of where she is in the book, halfway through, a third of the way, mere pages from the end, her fingers helping to measure the excitement of coming to the conclusion.

I could tell you my adventures – but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

Alice thought to herself I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.

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 hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on.' What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice. That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.

That's the reason they're called lessons, the Gryphon remarked: because they lessen from day to day.

If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!

I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.

Where shall I begin, please your Majesty? he asked. Begin at the beginning, the King said gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

I can't go back to yesterday--because I was a different person then.

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

Then it doesn't matter which way you walk...-so long as I get somewhere.

Oh, don't go on like that!' cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. 'Consider what a great girl you are. Consider what a long way you've come today. Consider what o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't cry!

Well, in OUR country,' said Alice, still panting a little, 'you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.' 'A slow sort of country!' said the Queen. 'Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.

Every adventure requires a first step.

Consider what a great girl you are. Consider what a long way you've come to-day. Consider what o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't cry!

I think I could, if I only know how to begin.

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. - The Queen

No puedo volver al pasado porque entonces era una persona diferente.

Intendo dire", disse Alice, "che uno non può fare a meno di crescere." "Uno forse non può", disse Humpty Dumpty, "ma due possono. Con un aiuto adeguato, avresti potuto fermarti a sette anni.

Poderia me dizer, por favor, que caminho devo tomar para ir embora daqui?" "Depende bastante de para onde quer ir, respondeu o Gato." "Não me importa muito para onde, disse Alice." "Então não importa que caminho tome, disse o Gato." "Contanto que eu chegue a algum lugar, Alice acrescentou à guisa de explicação." "Oh, isso você vai conseguir, afirmou o Gato, desde que ande bastante.

That's the reason they're called lessons," the Gryphon remarked: "because they lessen from day to day.