Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Quotes

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Thinking, Talking, People

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• A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

  L. Frank Baum

  Valentine, Heart, Sentimental

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

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• 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

  Elephants, Dawn, Hot

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• 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

  Needs, Faces, Kind

  L. Frank Baum (1998). “The Wonderful World of Oz: The Wizard of Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, Glinda of Oz”, p.80, Penguin

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• 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

  Heart, Brain, Fool

  L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Ned Halley (2009). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.47, Collector's Library

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• 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

  Party, Wicked, Wizards

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• To be simple is the best thing in the world.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Simple, Sweat, Simplicity

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Bravery, Danger, Tin Man

  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ch. 15 (1900)

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• 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

  Baby, Brain, Experience

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

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• 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

  Gratitude, Heart, Home

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

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

  Judy Garland

  Psychics, Rainbow, Bird

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

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• 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

  Rainbow, Bird, Littles

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

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Wizards, Lions, Bears

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Heart, Brain, World

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

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• 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

  Beautiful, Country, Home

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

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• Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

  L. Frank Baum

  Men, Attention, Pay

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

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Love, Break Up, Broken Heart

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

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• 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

  Men, Good Man, Wizards

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

  L. Frank Baum

  Heart, Men, Tin

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• 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

  Voice, Beast, Spokes

  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

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• 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

  Heart, Brain, Tin

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

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• 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

  Heart, Loss, Men

  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

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• 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

  Heart, Brain, Tin

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

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• 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

  Relationship, Heartbreak, Thinking

  L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Ned Halley (2009). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.132, Collector's Library

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• I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

  Shaun White

  Thinking, Guitar, Sweat

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