The Wizard of Oz Quotes
Wicked Witch of the West: I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
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Cowardly Lion: Ow!
Dorothy: [pulling thorns out of his backside] Hold still, Lion. You're such a big baby.
Tin Woodman: You just have to grin and bear it.
Cowardly Lion: I'm not a bear, and I don't feel like grinning. Ow!
Scarecrow: Well, you shouldn't have sat down on these, and why do you think they call them prickly pumpkins?
Cowardly Lion: I thought maybe they were just disagreeable.
Dorothy: [pulling thorns out of his backside] Hold still, Lion. You're such a big baby.
Tin Woodman: You just have to grin and bear it.
Cowardly Lion: I'm not a bear, and I don't feel like grinning. Ow!
Scarecrow: Well, you shouldn't have sat down on these, and why do you think they call them prickly pumpkins?
Cowardly Lion: I thought maybe they were just disagreeable.
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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.
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.
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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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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Wizard of Oz: To confer, converse, and otherwise hob-nob with my brother wizards.
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Auntie Em : Now you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!
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Miss Gulch : [ stopping bicycle and getting off ] Gale?
Uncle Henry Gale : Well, howdy, Miss Gulch.
Miss Gulch : [ comes into the Gales' yard ] I want to see you and your wife right away about Dorothy!
Uncle Henry Gale : Dorothy? Well, what has Dorothy done?
Miss Gulch : What she's done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg!
Uncle Henry Gale : Oh! You mean she bit you?
Miss Gulch : No, her dog!
Uncle Henry Gale : Oh, she bit her dog, eh? [ Uncle Henry tries to shut the gate, but it hits her on the backside ]
Miss Gulch : [ exasperated ] No!
Uncle Henry Gale : Well, howdy, Miss Gulch.
Miss Gulch : [ comes into the Gales' yard ] I want to see you and your wife right away about Dorothy!
Uncle Henry Gale : Dorothy? Well, what has Dorothy done?
Miss Gulch : What she's done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg!
Uncle Henry Gale : Oh! You mean she bit you?
Miss Gulch : No, her dog!
Uncle Henry Gale : Oh, she bit her dog, eh? [ Uncle Henry tries to shut the gate, but it hits her on the backside ]
Miss Gulch : [ exasperated ] No!
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Dorothy : It really was no miracle. What happened was just this...
Dorothy : [ singing ] The wind began to switch / The house, to pitch / And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch / Just then the Witch / To satisfy an itch / Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch!
Munchkin : And, oh, what happened then was rich!
Munchkins : [ singing ] The house began to pitch / The kitchen took a slich / It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch / Which was not a happy situation for the Wicked Witch!
Dorothy : [ singing ] The wind began to switch / The house, to pitch / And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch / Just then the Witch / To satisfy an itch / Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch!
Munchkin : And, oh, what happened then was rich!
Munchkins : [ singing ] The house began to pitch / The kitchen took a slich / It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch / Which was not a happy situation for the Wicked Witch!
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Dorothy : Now which way do we go?
Scarecrow : Pardon me, this way is a very nice way.
Dorothy : Who said that? [ Toto barks at scarecrow ]
Dorothy : Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk.
Scarecrow : [ points other way ] It's pleasant down that way, too.
Dorothy : That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?
Scarecrow : [ points both ways ] Of course, some people do go both ways.
Scarecrow : Pardon me, this way is a very nice way.
Dorothy : Who said that? [ Toto barks at scarecrow ]
Dorothy : Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk.
Scarecrow : [ points other way ] It's pleasant down that way, too.
Dorothy : That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?
Scarecrow : [ points both ways ] Of course, some people do go both ways.
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Professor Marvel : Better get under cover, Sylvester. There's a storm blowin' up - a whopper, to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry. Poor little kid, I hope she gets home all right.
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Cowardly Lion : [ noticing the snow that fallen on the poppy field ] Unusual weather we're having, ain't it?
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Auntie Em Gale : Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean that you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!
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Dorothy : Oh please, Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?
Professor Marvel : Do you know any? Oh, you mean the... thing. Yes.
Professor Marvel : Do you know any? Oh, you mean the... thing. Yes.
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Scarecrow : Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples.
Apple Tree : Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
Scarecrow : Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!
Apple Tree : Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
Scarecrow : Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!
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Cowardly Lion : All right, I'll go in there for Dorothy. Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch, guards or no guards, I'll tear them apart. I may not come out alive, but I'm going in there. There's only one thing I want you fellows to do.
Tin Woodsman, Scarecrow : What's that?
Cowardly Lion : Talk me out of it!
Tin Woodsman, Scarecrow : What's that?
Cowardly Lion : Talk me out of it!
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Cowardly Lion : Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got?
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman : Courage!
Cowardly Lion : You can say that again! Huh?
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman : Courage!
Cowardly Lion : You can say that again! Huh?
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Cowardly Lion : I *do* believe in spooks, I *do* believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I *do* believe in spooks, I *do* believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do, I *do*!
Wicked Witch of the West : Ah! You'll believe in more than that before I'm finished with you.
Wicked Witch of the West : Ah! You'll believe in more than that before I'm finished with you.
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Wicked Witch of the West : The last to go will see the first three go before her. And her little dog too.
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Dorothy : Weren't you frightened?
Wizard of Oz : Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified.
Wizard of Oz : Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified.
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Dorothy : Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals?
Tin Woodsman : Mm, we might.
Scarecrow : Animals that eat... s-traw?
Tin Woodsman : Some, but mostly lions, and tigers, and bears.
Dorothy : Lions?
Scarecrow : And tigers?
Tin Woodsman : And bears.
Tin Woodsman : Mm, we might.
Scarecrow : Animals that eat... s-traw?
Tin Woodsman : Some, but mostly lions, and tigers, and bears.
Dorothy : Lions?
Scarecrow : And tigers?
Tin Woodsman : And bears.
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Cowardly Lion : Put 'em up, put 'em up! Which one of you first? I'll fight you both together if you want. I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. I'll fight you with my eyes closed... ohh, pullin' an axe on me, eh? Sneaking up on me, eh? Why, I'll... Ruff!
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Dorothy : Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Cowardly Lion : Not nobody! Not nohow!
Tin Woodsman : Not even a rhinoceros?
Cowardly Lion : Imposerous!
Dorothy : How about a hippopotamus?
Cowardly Lion : Why, I'd thrash him from top to bottomus!
Dorothy : Supposing you met an elephant?
Cowardly Lion : I'd wrap him up in cellophane!
Scarecrow : What if it were a brontosaurus?
Cowardly Lion : I'd show him who was king of the forest!
Cowardly Lion : Not nobody! Not nohow!
Tin Woodsman : Not even a rhinoceros?
Cowardly Lion : Imposerous!
Dorothy : How about a hippopotamus?
Cowardly Lion : Why, I'd thrash him from top to bottomus!
Dorothy : Supposing you met an elephant?
Cowardly Lion : I'd wrap him up in cellophane!
Scarecrow : What if it were a brontosaurus?
Cowardly Lion : I'd show him who was king of the forest!
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Mayor of Munchkin City : Then this is a day of independence for all the Munchkins and their descendants!
Munchkin : If any!
Mayor of Munchkin City : Yes - let the joyous news be spread! The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
Munchkin : If any!
Mayor of Munchkin City : Yes - let the joyous news be spread! The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
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Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Who rang that bell?
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodsman : [ all four together ] We did!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Can't you read?
Scarecrow : Read what?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : The notice!
Dorothy : What notice?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : It's on the door - as plain as the nose on my face! It... oh... [ does a "tisk tisk tisk" expression, goes inside door for a moment ]
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : [ Guardian hangs the notice and goes back inside ]
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodsman : [ Reading notice, all together ] Bell out of order, please knock. [ Dorothy knocks ]
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Well, that's more like it! Now, state your business!
Dorothy : [ Dorothy and friends, all together ] We want to see the Wizard!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : [ gasps ] The Wizard? But nobody can see the Great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the Great Oz! Even I've never seen him!
Dorothy : Well, then how do you know there is one?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Oh, you're wasting my time! [ starts to close the window ]
Dorothy : Oh, please! Please, sir! I've got to see the Wizard! The Good Witch of the North sent me!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Prove it!
Scarecrow : She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her.
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Oh, so she is! Well, bust my buttons! Why didn't you say that in the first place? That's a horse of a different color! Come on in!
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodsman : [ all four together ] We did!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Can't you read?
Scarecrow : Read what?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : The notice!
Dorothy : What notice?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : It's on the door - as plain as the nose on my face! It... oh... [ does a "tisk tisk tisk" expression, goes inside door for a moment ]
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : [ Guardian hangs the notice and goes back inside ]
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Tin Woodsman : [ Reading notice, all together ] Bell out of order, please knock. [ Dorothy knocks ]
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Well, that's more like it! Now, state your business!
Dorothy : [ Dorothy and friends, all together ] We want to see the Wizard!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : [ gasps ] The Wizard? But nobody can see the Great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the Great Oz! Even I've never seen him!
Dorothy : Well, then how do you know there is one?
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Oh, you're wasting my time! [ starts to close the window ]
Dorothy : Oh, please! Please, sir! I've got to see the Wizard! The Good Witch of the North sent me!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Prove it!
Scarecrow : She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her.
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Oh, so she is! Well, bust my buttons! Why didn't you say that in the first place? That's a horse of a different color! Come on in!
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