The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily; 'really you are very dull!' You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question,' added the Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth.

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

Which way you ought to go depends on where you want to get to.

Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder.

Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?

In fact, now I come to think of it, do we decide questions, at all? We decide answers, no doubt: but surely the questions decide us? It is the dog, you know, that wags the tail--not the tail that wags the dog.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.