326 Quotes by L. Frank Baum

You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.

You’re more than that,” said the Scarecrow, in a grieved tone; “you’re a humbug.” “Exactly so!” declared the little man, rubbing his hands together as if it pleased him. “I am a humbug.

It’s the finest country in all the world, even if it is a fairyland, and I’m happy every minute I live in it,” said the Shaggy Man.

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn’t be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.

Please make yourselves at home here for a few minutes, while I attend to an errand,” said the Nome King, getting up from the throne. “I shall return pretty soon, when I hope to find you pieceful – ha, ha, ha! – that’s a joke you can’t appreciate now but will later. Be pieceful – that’s the idea. Ho, ho, ho! How funny.” Then he waddled from the cavern, closing the door behind him.

No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy. I will not fight, even to save my kingdom.

The mule is a very intelligent animal, but to get his attention you have to hit him on the head with a stick.

I do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country mentioned before. But tell me, is it a civilized country?” “Oh, yes,” replied Dorothy. “Then that accounts for it. In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians. But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world. Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us.

But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?” “I.