The Wizard of Oz Quotes
[ Dorothy is brought to the Witch's castle ]
Wicked Witch of the West : What a nice little dog. And you, my dear, what an unexpected pleasure. It's so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness.
Wicked Witch of the West : What a nice little dog. And you, my dear, what an unexpected pleasure. It's so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness.
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Wicked Witch of the West : Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East? Was it you?
Dorothy : No, no. It was an accident. I didn't mean to kill anybody.
Wicked Witch of the West : Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too!
Dorothy : No, no. It was an accident. I didn't mean to kill anybody.
Wicked Witch of the West : Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too!
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Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : Orders are nobody can see the Great Oz! Not nobody, not nohow!
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Wizard of Oz : You people should consider yourselves lucky that I'm granting you an audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now.
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Scarecrow : Witch? Hmph, I'm not afraid of a witch. I'm not afraid of anything - except a lighted match. [ points to the straw in his arm ]
Dorothy : I don't blame you for that.
Dorothy : I don't blame you for that.
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Glinda, the Good Witch of the North : You have no power here! Begone, before somebody drops a house on you, too!
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Dorothy : Oh, Thank you so much! We've been gone such a long time and we feel so messy... What kind of a horse is that? I've never seen a horse like that before!
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : And never will again, I fancy. There's only one of him and he's it. He's the Horse of a Different Color, you've heard tell about.
Guardian of the Emerald City Gates : And never will again, I fancy. There's only one of him and he's it. He's the Horse of a Different Color, you've heard tell about.
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Manicurist in Emerald City : We can make a dimpled smile out of a frown.
Dorothy : Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown?
Manicurist in Emerald City : Uh-huh.
Dorothy : Jolly old town!
Dorothy : Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown?
Manicurist in Emerald City : Uh-huh.
Dorothy : Jolly old town!
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Cowardly Lion : [ singing ] I'm afraid there's no denyin' / I'm just a dandy-lion / A fate I don't deserve / I'm sure I could show my prowess / Be a lion, not a mouse / If I only had the nerve.
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Ozmites : [ singing ] We get up at 12 and start to work at 1! Take an hour for lunch and then, at 2, we're done! Jolly good fun!
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[ Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man watch as the Wicked Witch of the West vanishes into a fireball ]
Scarecrow : I'm not afraid of her! I'll see you get safely to the Wizard now, whether I get a brain or not. Stuff a mattress with me. Ha!
Tin Woodsman : I'll see you reach the Wizard, whether I get a heart or not. Beehive, bah! Let her try and make a beehive out of me! [ snaps ]
Dorothy : Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had. And it's funny, but I feel as if I'd known you all the time, but I couldn't have, could I?
Scarecrow : I don't see how. You weren't around when I was stuffed and sewn together, were you?
Tin Woodsman : And I was standing over there, rusting for the longest time.
Dorothy : Still, I wish I could remember, but I guess it doesn't matter anyway. We know each other now, don't we?
Scarecrow : That's right.
Tin Woodsman : We do.
Scarecrow : To Oz?
Tin Woodsman : To Oz.
Scarecrow : I'm not afraid of her! I'll see you get safely to the Wizard now, whether I get a brain or not. Stuff a mattress with me. Ha!
Tin Woodsman : I'll see you reach the Wizard, whether I get a heart or not. Beehive, bah! Let her try and make a beehive out of me! [ snaps ]
Dorothy : Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had. And it's funny, but I feel as if I'd known you all the time, but I couldn't have, could I?
Scarecrow : I don't see how. You weren't around when I was stuffed and sewn together, were you?
Tin Woodsman : And I was standing over there, rusting for the longest time.
Dorothy : Still, I wish I could remember, but I guess it doesn't matter anyway. We know each other now, don't we?
Scarecrow : That's right.
Tin Woodsman : We do.
Scarecrow : To Oz?
Tin Woodsman : To Oz.
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Dorothy : Goodbye, Tinman. Oh, don't cry! You'll rust so dreadfully. Here's your oil can.
Tin Woodsman : Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking...
Dorothy : Goodbye, Lion. I know it isn't right, but I'm going to miss the way you used to hollar for help before you found your courage.
Cowardly Lion : I never would've found it if it hadn't been for you...
Dorothy : [ to Scarecrow ] I think I'm going to miss you most of all.
Tin Woodsman : Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking...
Dorothy : Goodbye, Lion. I know it isn't right, but I'm going to miss the way you used to hollar for help before you found your courage.
Cowardly Lion : I never would've found it if it hadn't been for you...
Dorothy : [ to Scarecrow ] I think I'm going to miss you most of all.
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Hunk : Now look here, Dorothy, you ain't using your head about Miss Gulch. You'd think you didn't have any brains at all.
Dorothy : I have so got brains.
Hunk : Well, why don't you use them? When you come home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't get in no trouble. See?
Dorothy : Oh Hunk, you just won't listen, that's all.
Hunk : Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know.
Dorothy : I have so got brains.
Hunk : Well, why don't you use them? When you come home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't get in no trouble. See?
Dorothy : Oh Hunk, you just won't listen, that's all.
Hunk : Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know.
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Auntie Em : I saw you tinkering with that contraption, Hickory. Now you and Hunk get back to that wagon.
Hickory : All right, Mrs. Gale. But someday, they're going to erect a statue to me in this town, and...
Auntie Em : Don't start posing for it now.
Hickory : All right, Mrs. Gale. But someday, they're going to erect a statue to me in this town, and...
Auntie Em : Don't start posing for it now.
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Cowardly Lion : Come on, get up and fight, you shivering junkyard! [ goes over to the Scarecrow ]
Cowardly Lion : And put your hands up, you lopsided bag of hay!
Scarecrow : Now that's getting personal, Lion.
Tin Woodsman : Yes. Get up and teach him a lesson.
Scarecrow : Well, what's wrong with you teaching him?
Tin Woodsman : Well, I hardly know him.
Cowardly Lion : And put your hands up, you lopsided bag of hay!
Scarecrow : Now that's getting personal, Lion.
Tin Woodsman : Yes. Get up and teach him a lesson.
Scarecrow : Well, what's wrong with you teaching him?
Tin Woodsman : Well, I hardly know him.
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Cowardly Lion : Come on, get up and fight, ya shivering junkyard! Put your hands up, ya lopsided bag o' hay!
Scarecrow : Now that's getting personal, Lion!
Tin Woodsman : Yes. Get up and teach him a lesson.
Scarecrow : W-w-what's wrong with y-y-you teaching him?
Tin Woodsman : W-w-well, I hardly know him.
Scarecrow : Now that's getting personal, Lion!
Tin Woodsman : Yes. Get up and teach him a lesson.
Scarecrow : W-w-what's wrong with y-y-you teaching him?
Tin Woodsman : W-w-well, I hardly know him.
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Cowardly Lion : [ getting a panic attack walking into the Wizard's foyer ] Wait a minute, Fellows. I was just thinking. I really don't want to see the Wizard this much. I'd better wait for you outside.
Scarecrow : What's the matter?
Tin Woodsman : Oh, he's just a scared again.
Dorothy : Don't you know the Wizard's going to give you some courage?
Cowardly Lion : I'd be too scared to ask him for it. [ sobs ]
Dorothy : Well then, we'll ask him for you.
Cowardly Lion : I'd sooner wait outside.
Dorothy : Why? Why?
Cowardly Lion : Because I'm still scared. [ sobs ]
Scarecrow : What's the matter?
Tin Woodsman : Oh, he's just a scared again.
Dorothy : Don't you know the Wizard's going to give you some courage?
Cowardly Lion : I'd be too scared to ask him for it. [ sobs ]
Dorothy : Well then, we'll ask him for you.
Cowardly Lion : I'd sooner wait outside.
Dorothy : Why? Why?
Cowardly Lion : Because I'm still scared. [ sobs ]
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Wicked Witch of the West : Helping the little lady along are you, my fine gentlemen? Well stay away from her, or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you, I'll make you into a beehive. Here Scarecrow, want to play ball?
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Wizard of Oz : You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe. I was petrified.
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Scarecrow : [ singing ] I could while away the hours/conferrin' with the flowers/consultin' with the rain/And my head I'd be scratchin'/ While my thoughts were busy hatchin'/If I only had a brain.
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Dorothy : [ Reaches to pick an apple from the apple tree, the tree grabs the apple and slaps her hand ] Ouch!
Apple Tree : What'd'ya think you're doing?
Dorothy : We've been walking a long ways and I was hungry and... did you say something?
Apple Tree : She was hungry! Well, how would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you?
Dorothy : Oh dear! I keep forgetting I'm not in Kansas!
Scarecrow : Come along Dorothy. You don't want any of those apples!
Apple Tree : What'd'ya think you're doing?
Dorothy : We've been walking a long ways and I was hungry and... did you say something?
Apple Tree : She was hungry! Well, how would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you?
Dorothy : Oh dear! I keep forgetting I'm not in Kansas!
Scarecrow : Come along Dorothy. You don't want any of those apples!
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Dorothy : [ as the Wizard's balloon goes off without her ] Come back! Come back! Don't go without me! Please come back!
Wizard of Oz : I can't come back, I don't know how it works! Good-bye, folks!
Wizard of Oz : I can't come back, I don't know how it works! Good-bye, folks!
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Cowardly Lion : [ singing ] I'd be brave as a blizzard...
Tin Woodsman : [ singing ] I'd be gentle as a lizard...
Scarecrow : [ singing ] I'd be clever as a gizzard...
Dorothy : [ singing ] If the Wizard is a wizard who will serve.
Scarecrow : [ singing ] Then I'm sure to get a brain...
Tin Woodsman : [ singing ] A heart...
Dorothy : [ singing ] A home...
Cowardly Lion : [ singing ] The nerve!
Tin Woodsman : [ singing ] I'd be gentle as a lizard...
Scarecrow : [ singing ] I'd be clever as a gizzard...
Dorothy : [ singing ] If the Wizard is a wizard who will serve.
Scarecrow : [ singing ] Then I'm sure to get a brain...
Tin Woodsman : [ singing ] A heart...
Dorothy : [ singing ] A home...
Cowardly Lion : [ singing ] The nerve!
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