326 Quotes by L. Frank Baum

Roads,” observed the shaggy man, “don’t go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! – Dorothy in Wizard of Oz.

It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.

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.

Good day,” said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.

There seemed to be no horses nor animals of any kind; the men carried things around in little green carts, which they pushed before them. Everyone seemed happy and contented and prosperous.

One who is Master of himself is always a King, if only to himself.

Finally, were you all like me, I would consider you so common that I would not care to associate with you. To be individual, my friends, to be different from others, is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another’s society; so let us be content.

A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy – such as I was – far better than a Green Monkey.