L. Frank Baum Quotes

You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

How very wet this water is.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

True courage is in facing damger when you are afraid.

How can I help being a humbug. . .when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done?

The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

All the same,' said the Scarecrow,'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.'
'I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman,'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

It's the latest popular song," declared the phonograph, speaking in a sulky tone of voice.

"A popular song?"

"Yes. One that the feeble-minded can remember the words of and those ignorant of music can whistle or sing. That makes a popular song popular, and the time is coming when it will take the place of all other songs.

People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.

You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.

The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer

For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.

You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...

Like all bullies and marauders, Gos was a coward at heart