Cheshire Cat quotes from Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Cheshire Cat

'Twas brilig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogroves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Alice

Now where in the world do you suppose that...?

Cheshire Cat

Lose something?

Alice

Oh! Uh, hehe, I...I, no, no, I mean, I, I was just wondering...

Cheshire Cat

Oh, that's...quite all right. One moment please. [two eyes drop down on top of the mouth and the full cat form appears] Second chorus. [singing] 'Twas brilig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

Alice

Why, why you're a cat!

Cheshire Cat

A Cheshire Cat. [starts to disappear] All mimsy were the borogroves...

Alice

Oh, wait! Don't go, please!

Cheshire Cat

There you are! Third chorus...

Alice

Oh, no, no. Thank you, but I just wanted to ask which way I ought to go.

Cheshire Cat

Well that depends on where you ought to get to.

Alice

Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as I...

Cheshire Cat

Then it really doesn't matter which way you go. Oh by the way, if you'd really like to know, he went that way.

Alice

Who did?

Cheshire Cat

The White Rabbit.

Alice

He did?

He did what?

Alice

He went that way.

Who did?

Alice

The white rabbit!

What rabbit?

Alice

But didn't you just say-? I mean- Oh dear!

Can you stand on your head? If I were looking for a white rabbit, I'd ask the Mad Hatter.

Alice

The Mad Hatter? Oh, no no no...

Cheshire Cat

Or, there's the March Hare, in that direction.

Alice

Oh, thank you. I think i shall visit him...

Cheshire Cat

Of course, he's mad, too.

Alice

But I don't want to go among mad people!

Cheshire Cat

Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here. [laughs maniacally and begins to disappear] You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself.

Alice

Oh, dear. Now I--now I shall never get out. Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are, until someone finds you. But who'd ever think to look for me here? [sigh] Good advice. If I listened earlier, I wouldn't be here. But that's just the trouble with me. I give myself very good advice. [sings] But I very seldom follow it. That explains the trouble that I'm always in. Be patient, is very good advice, but the waiting makes me curious. And I'd love the change. Should something strange begin? [begins to cry] Well... I went along my merry way, and I never stopped to reason. I should've known there'd be a price to pay, someday... Someday... I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it! [cries harder] Will I ever learn to do the things I should? [continues crying]

Will I ever learn / learn to do the things I should?

Cheshire Cat

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm / And the mome raths outgrabe

Alice

Oh, Cheshire Cat, it's you!

Cheshire Cat

Whom did you expect? The white rabbit, perchance?

Alice

Oh, no, no, no. I'I'm through with rabbits. I want to go home! [blows nose] But I can't find my way.

Cheshire Cat

Naturally. That's becuase you have no way. All ways here you see, are the QUEEN'S WAYS!

Alice

But I've never met any queen.

Cheshire Cat

You haven't? You ha-VEN'T? Oh, but you must! She'll be mad about you, simply mad! [chuckles, then rolls over and almost disappears] The mome raths outgrabe...

Alice

Please, please! H-How can I find her?

Cheshire Cat

Well, some go this way, and some go that way. But as for me, myself, personally, I prefer the short-cut.

Alice

Oh, pooh. I'm not afraid of you. Why, you're nothing but a pack of cards.

Rule Number 42: All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately!

Alice

I am not a mile high! And I am not leaving.

S-Sorry. Rule Number 42, you know.

Alice

Now as for you, Your Majesty. [unaware that she is shrinking quickly] Or Your Majesty, indeed. Why, you're not a queen. Why, you're just a fat, pompous, bad-tempered old ty- [finally realizes she has shrunk down] -tyrant.

And what were you saying, my dear?

Cheshire Cat

Well, she simply said you're a fat, pompous, bad-tempered old tyrant! [disappears laughing]

OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!!!!!!!