The Wizard of Oz Quotes

Scarecrow : What about the heart that you promised Tin Man? Or the courage you promised Lion?
Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion : And Scarecrow's brain?

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Wizard of Oz : You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no courage; you're confusing courage with wisdom.

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Cowardly Lion : I- I- I hope my strength holds out.
Tin Woodsman : [ hanging by Lion's tail ] I hope your tail holds out!

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Dorothy : My goodness, what a fuss you're making! Well naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are. Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!
Cowardly Lion : [ crying ] You're right, I am a coward! I haven't any courage at all. I even scare myself. [ sobs ]
Cowardly Lion : Look at the circles under my eyes. I haven't slept in weeks!
Tin Woodsman : Why don't you try counting sheep?
Cowardly Lion : That doesn't do any good, I'm afraid of 'em. [ sobs loud ]
Scarecrow : Aw, that's too bad.

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Wizard of Oz : Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back tomorrow.

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Wizard of Oz : [ speaking in a booming voice into microphone ] I am the great and powerful... [ then, realizing that it is useless to continue his masquerade, moves away from microphone, speaks in a normal voice ]
Wizard of Oz : ... Wizard of Oz.

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Zeke : Listen, kid. Are you gonna try and let that old Gulch heifer try and buffalo ya'? She ain't nothing to be afraid of. Have a little courage, that's all.
Dorothy : I'm not afraid of her.
Zeke : Well then, next time she squawks, walk right up to her and spit in her eye. That's what I'd do.

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Wicked Witch of the West : Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of spears! Thought you were pretty foxy, didn't you? Well! The last to go will see the first three go before her! And your mangy little dog, too!

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[ the Cowardly Lion has just received a Courage Medal from the Wizard of Oz ]
Cowardly Lion : Shucks, folks, I'm speechless. Ha Ha!

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Coroner : [ singing ] As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, and she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.

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Wizard of Oz : A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

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Dorothy : Did you say something?
Tin Woodsman : [ indiscernible sounds from the Tin Man, who is rusted ]
Dorothy : He said oil can!
Scarecrow : Oil can what?
Dorothy : Oil can.

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Dorothy : Where do you want to be oiled first?

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Auntie Em : Help us out today and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble!
Dorothy : A place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain... [ begins to sing "Over the Rainbow" ]

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Dorothy : [ has just arrived in Oz, looking around and awed at the beauty and splendor ] Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more.
Dorothy : [ after a pause ] We must be over the rainbow! [ a bubble appears in the sky and gets closer and closer. It finally lands, then turns into Glinda the Good Witch wearing a spectacular white dress and crown, holding a wand ]
Dorothy : [ to Toto ] Now I... I know we're not in Kansas!

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Dorothy : My! People come and go so quickly here!

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Wicked Witch of the West : Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning.

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Cowardly Lion : I'll get you anyway, Pee-wee. [ Chases Toto; Dorothy hits him on the nose ]
Dorothy : Shame on you!
Cowardly Lion : [ Sobbing ] Why did you do that for? I didn't bite him.
Dorothy : No, but you tried to. It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but picking on a little dog.
Cowardly Lion : Well, you didn't have to go and hit me! Is my nose bleeding?
Dorothy : Of course not.

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Cowardly Lion : [ singing ] If I were king of the fore-e-e-est / Not queen, not duke, not prince / My regal robes of the fore-e-e-est / Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz / I'd command each thing, whether fish or fowl / With a r-r-ruff and a r-r-ruff, and a royal growl - R-R-Ruff! / As I click my heels / All the trees would kneel / And the mountains bow / And the bulls kowtow / And the sparrow would take wing / If I, if I were ki-i-i-i-ng! / The rabbits would show respect to me / The chipmunks genuflect to me / Though my tail would lash / I would show compash / For every underling / If I, if I were king / Just ki-i-i-i-ing!

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Wicked Witch of the West : Just try and stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!

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Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow : I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
Dorothy : Yes, I guess you're right.

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Tin Woodsman : Here, here. Go away and let us alone.
Cowardly Lion : Oh, scared, huh? Afraid, huh? Ah, how long can you stay fresh in that can? Ha ha ha ha.

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Scarecrow : First they [ the Flying Monkeys ]
Scarecrow : took my legs off and they threw them over there! Then they took my chest out and they threw it over there!
Tin Woodsman : Well, that's you all over!

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[ Dorothy watches the Wicked Witch melt ]
Wicked Witch of the West : You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!

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Wizard of Oz : Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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Wizard of Oz : As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Tin Woodsman : But I still want one.

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Wizard of Oz : Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a diploma.

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Scarecrow : The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?
Wizard of Oz : You can't.

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Tin Woodsman : What have you learned, Dorothy?
Dorothy : Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - 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 to begin with! Is that right?

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[ last lines ]
Dorothy : Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home. Home! And this is my room, and you're all here. And I'm not gonna leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all, and - oh, Auntie Em - there's no place like home!

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