Quotes of L. Frank Baum - somelinesforyou

“ There is no place like home. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ 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. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ 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

“ No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment. ”

- L. Frank Baum

“ 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. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talkingmachine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brainmachinery whizzing are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. ”

- L. Frank Baum
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