L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum, better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers, wireless telephones, women in high risk, action-heavy occupations, and the ubiquity of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 May 1856
CountryUnited States of America
L. Frank Baum quotes about
Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? 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?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz
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.
Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.
If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.
If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains.
No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.
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.
I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.
How very wet this water is.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.
Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.