L. Frank Baum

“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.”

“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...”

“The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.”

“Lions and tigers and Funkyoid, oh my!”

“How very wet this water is.”

“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.”

“To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.”

“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.”

“All magic is unnatural, and for that reason is to be feared and avoided ~ The Scarecrow”

“The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910”

“I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”

“People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.”

“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”

“Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood.”

“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.”