... said Alice, "would you tell me, please,
which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where---" Said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"---so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat,
"if you only walk long enough."
-- Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"--