Top 15 L. Frank Baum Quotes

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

Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.

There is no place like home.

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.

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

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

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.

"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."

"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.

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

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

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

How very wet this water is.

Everything has to come to an end, sometime.

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