L Frank Baum Quotes

“...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”
― Noel Langley, The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

“All the same,' said the Scarecrow,'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.'
'I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman,'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

“If you only had brain in your head you would be as good as man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

“People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Sea Fairies

“It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz

“It was a terrible thing to do undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wizard Of Oz

“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz