--- title: "20 Use Quotes By Lewis Carroll" description: "20 Use quotes by Lewis Carroll. Plus more from Lewis Carroll and more Use sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/lewis-carroll-324_able_well-it-s-no-use-your-talking-about-waki_2032363.jpg" --- > [Well, it's no use your talking about waking him," said Tweedledum, "when you're only one of the things in his dream. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/well-it-s-no-use-your-talking-about-waking-him-said-tweedledum-when-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/lewis-carroll-324_able_well-it-s-no-use-your-talking-about-waki_2032363.jpg) > [No discussion between two persons can be of any use, until each knows clearly what it is that the other asserts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/no-discussion-between-two-persons-can-be-of-any-use-until-each-knows/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/lewis-carroll-324_conversation_no-discussion-between-two-persons-can-be_1563440.jpg) > ['What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice-without-pictures-or/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lewis-carroll-324_book_what-is-the-use-of-a-book-thought-alice_3034543.jpg) > [But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's ahrdly enough of me left to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/but-it-s-no-use-now-thought-poor-alice-to-pretend-to-be-two-people/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/lewis-carroll-324_enough_but-it-s-no-use-now-thought-poor-alice-t_1220887.jpg) > ['When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/when-i-use-a-word-humpty-dumpty-said-in-rather-a-scornful-tone-it/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/lewis-carroll-324_humpty-dumpty_when-i-use-a-word-humpty-dumpty-said-in_126353.jpg) > [There's no use in comparing one's feelings between one day and the next; you must allow a reasonable interval, for the direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/there-s-no-use-in-comparing-one-s-feelings-between-one-day-and-the/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/lewis-carroll-324_change_there-s-no-use-in-comparing-one-s-feelin_81115.jpg) > [Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/words-mean-more-than-we-mean-to-express-when-we-use-them-so-a-whole/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/lewis-carroll-324_book_words-mean-more-than-we-mean-to-express_2763701.jpg) > [If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, "without hard labour," and with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/if-only-i-could-manage-without-annoyance-to-my-family-to-get/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/lewis-carroll-324_annoyance_if-only-i-could-manage-without-annoyance_733619.jpg) > [Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of-sitting-by-her-sister-on-the-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/lewis-carroll-324_book_alice-was-beginning-to-get-very-tired-of_1308272.jpg) > [I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/i-m-very-much-afraid-i-didn-t-mean-anything-but-nonsense-still-you/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/lewis-carroll-324_accepting_i-m-very-much-afraid-i-didn-t-mean-anyth_1016444.jpg) > [I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/i-could-tell-you-my-adventures-beginning-from-this-morning-said-alice/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/lewis-carroll-324_adventure_i-could-tell-you-my-adventures-beginning_659870.jpg) > [When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/when-i-use-a-word-humpty-dumpty-said-in-rather-a-scornful-tone-it-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/lewis-carroll-324_different_when-i-use-a-word-humpty-dumpty-said-in_2871755.jpg) > [Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/alice-laughed-there-s-no-use-trying-she-said-one-can-t-believe/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/lewis-carroll-324_age_alice-laughed-there-s-no-use-trying-she_1637840.jpg) > [What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning-- and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/what-do-you-suppose-is-the-use-of-a-child-without-any-meaning-even-a/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/lewis-carroll-324_children_what-do-you-suppose-is-the-use-of-a-chil_1027723.jpg) > ['What's the use of their having names the Gnat said, 'if they won't answer to them?' 'No use to them,' said Alice;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/what-s-the-use-of-their-having-names-the-gnat-said-if-they-won-t/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/lewis-carroll-324_answers_what-s-the-use-of-their-having-names-the_1981617.jpg) > [It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/it-ll-be-no-use-their-putting-their-heads-down-and-saying-come-up/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/lewis-carroll-324_all-alone_it-ll-be-no-use-their-putting-their-head_1439221.jpg) > [“I maintain that any writer of a book is fully authorised in attaching any meaning he likes to a word or phrase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/i-maintain-that-any-writer-of-a-book-is-fully-authorised-in-attaching/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/lewis-carroll-324_accepting_i-maintain-that-any-writer-of-a-book-is_1562284.jpg) > [Well, it’s no use your talking about waking him, said Tweedledum, when you’re only one of the things in his dream. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/well-it-s-no-use-your-talking-about-waking-him-said-tweedledum-when/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/lewis-carroll-324_able_well-it-s-no-use-your-talking-about-waki_1645258.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/alice-thought-to-herself-then-there-s-no-use-in-speaking-the-voices/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/lewis-carroll-324_chorus_alice-thought-to-herself-then-there-s-no_1886775.jpg) > ['Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards.' 'I'm sure I didn't mean - '…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/always-speak-the-truth-think-before-you-speak-and-write-it-down-2/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/lewis-carroll-324_children_always-speak-the-truth-think-before-you_3031198.jpg) ## Other authors on Use ## More by Lewis Carroll > [You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk. I can't tell you just now what the moral of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/you-re-thinking-about-something-my-dear-and-that-makes-you-forget-to/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [“I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/i-m-afraid-i-can-t-explain-myself-sir-because-i-am-not-myself-you-see/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [My beloved friend - one of the most unique and charming personalities of our time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/my-beloved-friend-one-of-the-most-unique-and-charming-personalities/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [Either it brings tears to their eyes, or else -" "Or else what?" said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause. "Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/either-it-brings-tears-to-their-eyes-or-else-or-else-what-said-alice/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [“We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/we-may-give-our-human-loves-the-unconditional-allegiance-which-we-owe/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [In the midst of the word he was trying to say In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/in-the-midst-of-the-word-he-was-trying-to-say-in-the-midst-of-his/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [“But it must be borne in mind that, if there is a Scylla before me, there is also a Charybdis - and that, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/but-it-must-be-borne-in-mind-that-if-there-is-a-scylla-before-me/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright--…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/the-sun-was-shining-on-the-sea-shining-with-all-his-might-he-did-his/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [“In vain we roared;in vain we tried To rouse her into laughter: Her pensive glances wandered wide From orchestra to rafter - "TIER UPON…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/in-vain-we-roared-in-vain-we-tried-to-rouse-her-into-laughter-her/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [For the snark was a boojum, you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/for-the-snark-was-a-boojum-you-see/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through the Looking Glass so uninteresting. You see I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/thanks-for-your-nice-little-note-though-i-am-sorry-to-hear-you-find/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [You shouldn't make jokes if it makes you so unhappy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/you-shouldn-t-make-jokes-if-it-makes-you-so-unhappy/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [We haven't any and you're too young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/we-haven-t-any-and-you-re-too-young/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/everything-is-funny-if-you-can-laugh-at-it/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) > [I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/i-wish-i-hadn-t-cried-so-much-said-alice-as-she-swam-about-trying-to/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/use/lewis-carroll/#itemlist", "name": "20 Use Quotes By Lewis Carroll", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, it's no use your talking about waking him,\" said Tweedledum, \"when you're only one of the things in his dream. 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