"That's all right," said the Scarecrow. "You are quite welcome to take my head off, as long as it will be a better one when you put it on again." - L. Frank Baum

"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."

El verdadero valor reside en enfrentarse al peligro aun cuando uno está asustado.

– Fico com o coração – respondeu o Homem de Lata –, porque o cérebro não faz ninguém feliz, e a felicidade é a melhor coisa do mundo.