Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Quotes:

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Thinking, Talking, People, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Scarecrow

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.

- L. Frank Baum

source: "Fictional character: The Wizard of Oz". The Wizard of Oz, www.imdb.com. August 12, 1939.

topic: Heart, Sentimental, Remember, Sweet Valentine, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Elephants, Sphinx, Flags, Masts, Scarecrow

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.

- L. Frank Baum

source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ch. 15 (1900)

topic: Faces, Needs, Kind, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

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.

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Heart, Brain, Fool, Scarecrow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Party, Wicked, West, Wicked Witch, Wicked Witch Of The West

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Simple, Simplicity, World, Possible Love, Scarecrow

A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Ned Halley (2009). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.131, Collector's Library

topic: Baby, Brain, Experience, Scarecrow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Gratitude, Home, Heart, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

- Judy Garland

source: Song: Over the Rainbow {from The Wizard of Oz}, Album: Spotlight on Judy Garland (Great Ladies Of Song)

topic: Rainbow, Bird, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bluebird, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

- L. Frank Baum

source: "Fictional character: Dorothy". "The Wizard of Oz", www.imdb.com. August 12, 1939.

topic: Rainbow, Bird, Littles, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bluebird

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Wizards, Lions, Bears, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

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

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Heart, Brain, World, Scarecrow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz”, Lulu.com

topic: Beautiful, Country, Home, Other Countries, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

- L. Frank Baum

source: "Fictional character: Wizard of Oz". "The Wizard of Oz", www.imdb.com. 1939.

topic: Men, Attention, Pay, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

- L. Frank Baum

source: "Fictional character: The Wizard of Oz". "The Wizard of Oz", www.imdb.com. August 12, 1939.

topic: Love, Break Up, Broken Heart, Unbreakable, Wicked Witch

Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Men, Good Man, Wizards, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Heart, Men, Tin, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.53, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

topic: Voice, Beast, Spokes, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2014). “The Wonderful Stories Of Oz: All 14 Books”, p.47, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Heart, Brain, Tin, Scarecrow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.24, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

topic: Heart, Loss, Men, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Happiest Man

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.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2012). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

topic: Heart, Brain, Tin, Scarecrow, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

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.

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Relationship, Heartbreak, Thinking, If Only You Knew, Wizard Of Oz Wizard

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

- Shaun White

topic: Thinking, Guitar, Sweat, Possible Love, Scarecrow

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

- Yip Harburg

source: Song: Over the Rainbow

topic: Rainbow, Littles, Pilots, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bluebird

Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Ned Halley (2009). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.105, Collector's Library

topic: Girl, Land, Kansas, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.29, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

topic: Heart, People, Needs, Wizard Of Oz Wizard, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.

- L. Frank Baum

topic: Beautiful, Kansas, People, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.

- L. Frank Baum

source: L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.29, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

topic: Heart, Tin, Care, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not-imaginative , tolerant, alert to wonders, life.

- Gore Vidal

topic: Book, Wizards, Wonder, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

- Emir Kusturica

source: "I will not cut my film" by Emir Kusturica, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2005.

topic: Cutting, Wizards, Wonderful, Wonderful Wizard Of Oz