The Scarecrow of Oz

“No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.””

— L. Frank Baum

“...but 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.””

— L. Frank Baum

“...thanks for good deeds do not amount to much except to prove one's politeness.””

— L. Frank Baum

“I'm not thinking, just now,' answered the little boy. 'It tires me to think, and I never seem to gain anything by it. When we see the people who live here we will know what they are like, and no 'mount of thinking will make them any different.””

— L. Frank Baum

“Their feathers make soft beds,' asserted Pessim.'And my skin would make excellent drumheads,' retorted the Ork. 'Nevertheless, a plucked bird or a skinned Ork would be of no value to himself, so we needn't brag of our usefulness after we are dead. But for the sake of argument, friend Pessim, I'd like to know what good YOU would be, were you not alive?””

— L. Frank Baum

“Seems to me," said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, "seems to me, Trot, as how the more we know, the more we find we don't know.””

— L. Frank Baum

“Why, we must be polite, whatever we do. It would be very rude to conquer a king without proper notice.””

— L. Frank Baum

“Nobody can stay alive without getting into danger sometimes, and danger doesn't mean getting hurt, Cap'n; it only means we get hurt.””

— L. Frank Baum

“If I'm going to starve, I'll do it all at once”

— L. Frank Baum