L. Frank Baum quotes - page 2

Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any other Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip's guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess. (L. Frank Baum)
They're mostly foreigners, Mr. Merrick, who haven't yet fully mastered the English language. But," he added, thoughtfully, "a few among them might subscribe, if your country sheet contains any news of interest at all. This is rather a lonely place for my men and they get dissatisfied at times. All workmen seem chronically dissatisfied, and their women constantly urge them to rebellion. Already there are grumblings, and they claim they're buried alive in this forlorn forest. Don't appreciate the advantages of country life, you see, and I've an idea they'll begin to desert, pretty soon. Really, a live newspaper might do them good - especially if you print a little socialistic drivel now and then. View quote
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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. View quote
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Money! Money in Oz!" cried the Tin Woodman. "What a queer idea! Did you suppose we are so vulgar as to use money here?" "Why not?" asked the shaggy man. "If we used money to buy things with, instead of love and kindness and the desire to please one another, then we should be no better than the rest of the world," declared the Tin Woodman. "Fortunately money is not known in the Land of Oz at all. We have no rich, and no poor; for what one wishes the others all try to give him, in order to make him happy, and no one in all Oz cares to have more than he can use." "Good!" cried the shaggy man, greatly pleased to hear this. "I also despise money - a man in Butterfield owes me fifteen cents, and I will not take it from him. The Land of Oz is surely the most favored land in all the world, and its people the happiest. I should like to live here always. View quote
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I think I prefer to be a Bear," said Big Bru. "I was born a Bear, and I know a Bear's ways. So I am satisfied to live as a Bear lives. View quote
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If any of us takes a rest, We'll be arrested sure, And get no restitution 'Cause the rest we must endure. View quote
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DIRECTIONS FOR USING: For THINKING:--Wind the Clockwork Man under his left arm, (marked No. 1). For SPEAKING:--Wind the Clockwork Man under his right arm, (marked No. 2). For WALKING and ACTION:--Wind Clockwork Man in the middle of his back, (marked No. 3). N. B.--This Mechanism is guaranteed to work perfectly for a thousand years. View quote
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No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. View quote
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I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. View quote
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Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders. View quote
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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! (L. Frank Baum)
As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults. View quote
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If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace. View quote
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. View quote
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That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed. View quote
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How very wet this water is. View quote
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Everything has to come to an end, sometime. View quote
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No matter how dreary and gray 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. View quote
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Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too. View quote
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It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool. View quote
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I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart. (L. Frank Baum)
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. View quote
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Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. View quote
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The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. View quote
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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. View quote
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