Occupation: Author Birth: May 15, 1856 Death: May 6, 1919
In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child..
Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they ….
The Imaginative Child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.
If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it t….
I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it..
Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next..
There is no place like home..
I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?.
"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and….
You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and fo….
My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City..
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!.
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..
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore..
You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it fac….
To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monoton….
I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma..
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and great, and he hoped ….
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable..
As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults..
For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantag….