Quotes from L. Frank Baum

Why are those needles and pins sticking out of your head?" asked the Tin Woodman. "That is proof that he is sharp," remarked the Lion.

I can tell the time, though, by speak-ing, and as I nev-er sleep I can wak-en you at an-y hour you wish to get up in the morn-ing.' 'That's nice,' said the little girl; 'only I never wish to get up in the morning.

Was Ozma once a boy? asked Zeb, wonderingly. Yes; a wicked witch enchanted her, so she could not rule her kingdom. But she's a girl now, and the sweetest, loveliest girl in all the world.

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

That is the College of Art and Athletic Perfection, replied Ozma. I had it built quite recently, and the Woggle-Bug is its president. It keeps him busy, and the young men who attend the college are no worse off than they were before. 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.

Mesmo assim — disse o Espantalho — vou pedir um cérebro em vez de um coração. Porque um burro, mesmo se tivesse um coração, não ia saber o que fazer com ele. — E eu vou ficar com o coração — respondeu o Lenhador de Lata. — Porque um cérebro não faz ninguém feliz, e a felicidade é a melhor coisa do mundo.

Do not, I beg of you, dampen today's sun with the showers of tomorrow.

No dishes to wash, Ozma! she said with a laugh. I guess you'd make a lot of folks happy if you could teach 'em just that one trick.

Tol-de-ri-de-oh!

4. The Road Through the Forest

For a generous deed lives longer than a great battle or a king's decree or a scholar's essay, because it spreads and leaves its mark on all nature and endures through many generations.

Pray what can a civilized boy do now When all the Dragons are dead?

No; you are all wrong," said the little man, meekly. "I have been making believe." "Making believe!" cried Dorothy. "Are you not a Great Wizard?

those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge

Sekering dan sesuram apa pun kampung halaman kami, manusia lebih memilih hidup di sana ketimbang di negeri lain, walau negeri itu indah sekalipun. Tidak ada tempat yang lebih baik daripada kampung halaman sendiri.

It is but honest that I should acknowledge at the beginning of my recital that I was born an ordinary Woggle-Bug, began the creature, in a frank and friendly tone.

Do 'ifs' really make Flutterbudgets? I think the 'ifs' help, he answered seriously. Foolish fears, and worries over nothing, with a mixture of nerves and ifs, will soon make a Flutterbudget of any one.

Education is a thing to be proud of.

It's the thing we don't expect, Billina, that usually happens, observed the girl, thoughtfully.

As these two officials took their places, Dorothy asked: Why is the colander the High Priest? He's the holiest thing we have in the kingdom, replied King Kleaver. Except me, said a sieve. I'm the whole thing when it comes to holes.

La experiencia es lo único que nos procura conocimiento, y en cuanto mas tiempo sobre la tierra más experiencia tendrás

Tiktok in her pocket, so it would not get lost again.

for my life is simply unbearable without a bit of courage.

I've never been 'specially proud of myself, but I'd rather be the way I was born than anything else in the whole world.