The Mad Hatter is one of the most beloved characters in Alice in Wonderland. His quirky and off-the-wall quotes are always a source of amusement. In this blog post, we will take a look at 10 of the best Mad Hatter quotes from Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. These quotes will make you think, laugh, and maybe even scratch your head! So put on your thinking cap and get ready for some mad fun!
Mad Hatter Quotes
- Mad Hatter: “Teeeea?”
- Mad Hatter: “You could stay.”
- Mad Hatter: “Have I gone mad?”
- “Have I gone mad?” – Mad Hatter
- “A friend. I hope.” – Mad Hatter
- “I shall elucidate.” – Mad Hatter
- Mad Hatter: “Your carriage, my lady.”
- Mad Hatter: “I’d like to keep it on.”
- “Your carriage, my lady.” – Mad Hatter
- “I’d like to keep it on.” – Mad Hatter
- “Your hair wants cutting.” – Mad Hatter”
- Personal remarks are rude?” – Mad Hatter
- Alice: “This is impossible.” – Mad Hatter”
- What a small world this is!” – Mad Hatter
- “What is the hatter with me?” – Mad Hatter
- Mad Hatter: “What day of the month is it?”
- “Pieces of paper! Pointless.” – Mad Hatter”
- This is an unbirthday party!” – Mad Hatter
- “Oh, what a delightful child!” – Mad Hatter
- “Down with the bloody Red Queen!” – Mad Hatter
- King Oleron: “Take off your hat!” – Mad Hatter
- “Clean cup, clean cup! Move down!” – Mad Hatter
- “Would you like a little more tea?” – Mad Hatter
- “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” – Mad Hatter
- Mad Hatter: “Do you know why they call me Hatter?”
- “Okay, he’s as mad as a box of frogs.” – Mad Hatter
- “Already lost them. All together now!” – Mad Hatter
- “Pieces of paper! *whispers* Pointless.” – Mad Hatter
- “People who don’t think shouldn’t talk.” – Mad Hatter
- “Pieces of paper! [whispers] Pointless.” – Mad Hatter
- “I dare say you never even spoke to Time!” – Mad Hatter
- “Egad, you learn something new every day.” – Mad Hatter
- “I dare say you never even spoke to Time!” – Mad Hatter
- “Of course not. This is an unbirthday party!” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, that’s it! *sigh* It’s always tea time.” – Mad Hatter
- “Oh, tea! I never ‘thought’ of tea! Of course!” – Mad Hatter
- “‘I want a clean cup,’ interrupted the Hatter.” – Mad Hatter
- “Why is it you’re always too small or too tall?” – Mad Hatter
- “I want a clean cup, let’s all move one place on.” – Mad Hatter
- “I can’t go no lower, I’m on the floor, as it is.” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, yes. And when you come to the end—stop. See?” – Mad Hatter
- “Ah! That accounts for it. He won’t stand beating.” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, yes. And when you come to the end… STOP. See?” – Mad Hatter
- “What’s the matter my dear, don’t you care for tea?” – Mad Hatter
- Alice: “Who are you?” Mad Hatter: “A friend. I hope.”
- “What’s the matter, my dear, don’t you care for tea?” – Mad Hatter
- “When that day comes I shall futterwacken—vigorously.” – Mad Hatter
- “We never get compliments, you must have a cup of tea!” – Mad Hatter
- “Make a note of that, Marchy, it might come in useful.” – Mad Hatter
- “I keep them to sell. I’ve none of my own. I’m a hatter.” – Mad Hatter
- “Why should it? Does your watch tell you what year it is?” – Mad Hatter
- “A dream is not reality, but who’s to say which is which?” – Mad Hatter
- “Two days wrong! I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, yes, but you would have to be half-mad to dream me up.” – Mad Hatter
- “Two days wrong!” I told you butter wouldn’t suit the works!” – Mad Hatter
- “Wow! Really? Woooo! Ratty here thinks you’re Alice of Legend.” – Mad Hatter
- “You used to be much more ’muchier.’ You’ve lost your muchness.” – Mad Hatter
- “No wonder you’re late. Why this watch is exactly two days slow.” – Mad Hatter
- “No. Because I’m always there when they pass the hat, so to speak.” – Mad Hatter
- [Referring to the White Knight] “OK, he’s as mad as a box of frogs.” – Mad Hatter
- Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing desk? Have you guessed the riddle yet?”
- “Alice: Really, now you ask me, I don’t think. Mad Hatter: Then you shouldn’t talk.”
- “My response to that is both profound and meaningful: Get your hair cut!” – Mad Hatter
- “You mean you can’t take less. It’s very easy to take more than nothing.” – Mad Hatter
- “Mustard! Yes, mu- mustard? Don’t let’s be silly! Lemon, that’s different…” – Mad Hatter
- “What a regrettably large head you have. I would very much like to hat it!” – Mad Hatter
- “Speaking of the Queen, here’s a little song we used to sing in her honor.” – Mad Hatter
- “I want a clean cup,′ interrupted the Hatter: `let’s all move one place on.′”- Mad Hatter
- “Well. The entire world is falling to ruins and poor Cheshire’s off his tea.” – Mad Hatter
- “If you knew Time as well as I do, you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.” – Mad Hatter
- Alice: “Sometimes, I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Mad Hatter
- “One to be a murderer, the other to be martyred, One to be a monarch, the other to go mad.” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, that’s it. It’s always tea time, and we’ve no time to wash the things between whiles.” – Mad Hatter
- “You might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!” – Mad Hatter
- “I’ve been considering words that start with the letter M. Moron. Mutiny. Murder. Mmm—malice.” – Mad Hatter
- “Although, it was 150 years ago. It can’t be the same girl. Oysters don’t even live that long.” – Mad Hatter
- “Egad, you learn something new every day. Make a note of that, Marchy, it might come in useful.” – Mad Hatter
- “Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he’d do almost anything you liked with the clock.” – Mad Hatter
- I would very much like to hat it. I used to hat The White Queen, you know. Her head was so small.” – Mad Hatter
- “Yes, but some crumbs must have got it as well. You shouldn’t have put it in with the bread-knife.” – Mad Hatter
- “Of course. Anyone can go by horse or rail, but the absolute best way to travel is by hat. Have I made a rhyme?” – Mad Hatter
- “You can draw water out of a water-well, so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well—eh, stupid?” – Mad Hatter
- “Twinkle twinkle little bat, how I wonder where you’re at. Up above the world, you fly, like a tea-tray in the sky.” – Mad Hatter
- “Not the same thing a bit! You might just as well say that, I see what I eat, is the same thing as I eat what I see!” – Mad Hatter
- “Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
- “Alice: Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Mad: That is an excellent practice.”
- “Mad Hatter: Have you guessed the riddle yet? Alice: No, I give it up, what’s the answer? Mad Hatter: I haven’t the slightest idea.”
- [He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.] “Your hair wants cutting.” – Mad Hatter
- “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe? All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.” – Mad Hatter
- “A land was full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.” – Mad Hatter
- “I know a thing or two about liking people, and in time, after much chocolate and cream cake, ‘like’ turns into ‘what was his name again?'” – Mad Hatter
- “What a regrettably large head you have. I would very much like to hat it. I used to hat The White Queen, you know. Her head was so small.” – Mad Hatter
- “March Hare: Take some more tea. Alice: I’ve had nothing yet, so I can’t take more. Mad Hatter: You mean you can’t take less. It’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
- “The last… uhm… the last time a girl called Alice came here from your world, she brought down the whole House of Cards. Oh yeah. Made quite an impression.” – Mad Hatter
- “He took his vorpal sword in hand, the vorpal blade went snicker-snack. He left it dead, and with its head, he went galumphing back. It’s all about you, you know.” – Mad Hatter
- “There is a place, like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.” – Mad Hatter
- “Mad Hatter: I’ve been considering words that start with the letter M. Moron. Mutiny. Murder. Mmm-malice. The Red Queen: Well, we’re looking for an A word right now. Where is Alice?”
- “For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!” – Mad Hatter
- “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” ― Lewis Carroll
- “The last uhm, the last time a girl called Alice came here from your world, she brought down the whole House of Cards. Oh yeah. Made quite an impression. Although, it was 150 years ago. It can’t be the same girl. Oysters don’t even live that long.” – Mad Hatter
- “Of course you’re here, in my- sanctum sanctorum. You always have been. You always will be. You’re the Nonsense in my head that mustn’t be ignored. You’re the piece of me that maddens everyone, my sister the most.” The Hatter gave her a tired smile and said nothing- which might have been the wisest thing he ever said.” ― Liz Braswell
- “Ah! that accounts for it. He won’t stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he’d do almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!” – Mad Hatter
Wrapping Up
No matter which quote you identify with, the Mad Hatter has something for everyone. His words will make you think, they will make you laugh and they might even bring a tear to your eye. But most of all, his quotes are full of wisdom, creativity and inspiration. So go ahead – “Take some more tea!”. and don’t forget to “always speak in riddles and expect everyone else to understand you!”. Enjoy your tea party with the Mad Hatter!
