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L. Frank Baum Quotes | Quotes said by L. Frank Baum

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #1

    ...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 Quote #2

    A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #3

    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 Quote #4

    An unsuspected enemy is doubly dangerous.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #5

    As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #6

    As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing.

    What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby carriage along the sidewalk.

    Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well,' replied the man; 'and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.'

    Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. 'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?'

    I really do not know,' replied the man, with a deep sigh. 'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #7

    But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #8

    Can't you give me brains? asked the Scarecrow.
    You don't need them. You are learning something every day. 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 Quote #9

    Childhood is the time of man's greatest content. 'Tis during these years of innocent pleasure that the little ones are most free from care. [...] Their joy is in being alive, and they do not stop to think. In after-years the doom of mankind overtakes them, and they find they must struggle and worry, work and fret, to gain the wealth that is so dear to the hearts of men.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #10

    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.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #11

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

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #12

    How very wet this water is.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #13

    I can tell the time, though, by speak-ing, and as I nev-er sleep I can wak-en you at an-y hour you wish to get up in the morn-ing.'
    'That's nice,' said the little girl; 'only I never wish to get up in the morning.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #14

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

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #15

    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 Quote #16

    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 Quote #17

    If we walk far enough, says Dorothy, we shall sometime come to someplace.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #18

    Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #19

    Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #20

    In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #21

    In this world in which we live simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #22

    It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #23

    It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh,' said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, 'for you must sleep, and eat, and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #24

    It's a bird of some sort. It's like a duck, only I never saw a duck have so many colors.
    The bird swam swiftly and gracefully toward the Magic Isle, and as it drew nearer its gorgeously colored plumage astonished them. The feathers were of many hues of glistening greens and blues and purples, and it had a yellow head with a red plume, and pink, white and violet in its tail.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #25

    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.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #26

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

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #27

    No matter how dreary and grey 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 Quote #28

    Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #29

    Not willingly, admitted the tiger. But here is the alternative; either you transform yourself into an eye for our child, or I and my dear wife will tear you into shreds.

  • L. Frank Baum Quote #30

    Now then, Mr. Crab, said the zebra, here are the people I told you about; and they know more than you do, who live in a pool, and more than I do, who live in a forest. For they have been travelers all over the world, and know every part of it.
    There's more of the world than Oz, declared the crab, in a stubborn voice.
    That is true, said Dorothy; but I used to live in Kansas, in the United States, and I've been to California and to Australia--and so has Uncle Henry.
    For my part, added the Shaggy Man, I've been to Mexico and Boston and many other foreign countries.
    And I, said the Wizard, have been to Europe and Ireland.
    So you see, continued the zebra, addressing the crab, here are people of real consequence, who know what they are talking about.

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