326 Quotes by L. Frank Baum

It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them.

For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out about. It will take me a little time to discover whether I am very wise or very foolish.

No, my head is quite empty,” answered the Woodman. “But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.

You people with hearts,? he said once, ’have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

If we didn’t want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can’t go far wrong.

It’s so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness. – The Wicked Witch of the West. Now I know I have a heart, because it’s breaking. – The Tin Woodsman Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

Now, that is very interesting history,” said Jack, well pleased; “and I understand it perfectly all but the explanation.

Suppose we try kindness,” suggested the Tin Woodman. “I’ve heard that anyone can be conquered with kindness, no matter how ugly they may be.” At.

From the Land of Oz,” said Dorothy, gravely. “And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I’m so glad to be at home again!