Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.
L. Frank Baum
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
L. Frank Baum
Age: 62 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 15
Died: 1919
Died: May 6
Actor
Author
Editor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Chittenango
New York
Lyman Frank Baum
Floyd Akers
Laura Bancroft
John Estes Cooke
Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
Suzanne Metcalf
Schuyler Staunton
Edith Van Dyne
George Brooks
Louis F. Baum
Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald
Lynman Frank Baum
Toys
Helpless
Brought
Loved
Littles
Little
Children
More quotes by 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.
L. Frank Baum
Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
L. Frank Baum
Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty.
L. Frank Baum
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 became realities.
L. Frank Baum
Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.
L. Frank Baum
To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.
L. Frank Baum
You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.
L. Frank Baum
I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
L. Frank Baum
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 it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.
L. Frank Baum
During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.
L. Frank Baum
You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
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
I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...
L. Frank Baum
Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?
L. Frank Baum
It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.
L. Frank Baum
One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.
L. Frank Baum
Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13
L. Frank Baum
Oh - You're a very bad man! Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.
L. Frank Baum
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 monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.
L. Frank Baum
