The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Quotes

Glinda: You always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.

Glinda: [to the Wicked Witch of the West] Rubbish! You have no power here! Begone, before somebody drops a house on you too!

Glinda: Only bad witches are ugly.

Glinda: [to Dorothy; [Goodness|good; [Evil|bad] Are you a ] witch or a ] witch?

The Wizard: [to the Lion] You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no courage; you're confusing courage with wisdom. Back where I come from, there are men called Heroes, and they have no more courage than you do! But they have one thing you haven't got: a medal.

The Wizard: [to the Tin Man; …] Back where I come from, there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. And their hearts are no bigger than yours is! But they have one thing you haven't got: a testimonial. A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

The Wizard: 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.

The Wizard: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! The Great Oz has spoken!

The Wizard: [[Great; [Powerful] I AM OZ.... the ] and ]! Who are you?

Wicked Witch of the West: [last words; screams shrilly; melts] YOU CURSED BRAT! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! I'M MELTING! MELTING! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?! OHH! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! I'M GOING! Ohhhh – Ohhhhhhhhhh!

Wicked Witch of the West: [cackling] Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party is just beginning.

Wicked Witch of the West: [cackles; The winged monkeys fly out of the castle] Take your army to the Haunted Forest and bring me that girl and her dog. Do what you like with the others, but I want her alive and unharmed. They'll give you no trouble, I promise you that. I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them. Take special care of those ruby slippers. I want those most of all. Now, fly! Fly! Fly, fly, fly!

Wicked Witch of the West: [Note: Bolded line is ranked #99 in the [[w:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations] *] in American cinema].

Wicked Witch of the West: [to Glinda; to Dorothy; With a burst of laughter, she whirls around and vanishes in a burst of smoke and fire and a clap of thunder.] Very well – I'll bide my time. And as for you, my fine lady, it's true I can't attend to you here and now as I'd like; but just try to stay out of my way – just try! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!

Cowardly Lion: In another hour, I'll be king of the forest! LONG LIVE THE KING!

Cowardly Lion: [[truth] Read what my medal says. Courage! Ain't it the ]! ain't it the truth!

Cowardly Lion: [[Courage; [s:Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads/Mandalay|the dawn come up like thunder] ]! What makes the King out of the 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 ]? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the ape in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? (Others: Courage!) You can say it again!

Cowardly Lion: [singing] Each rabbit would show respect to me/The chipmunks genuflect to me/Tho’ my tail would lash/I would show compash/For ev’ry underling/If I, if I were king/Just king.

Cowardly Lion: [singing] Yeah, it's sad, believe me, Missy,When you're born to be the sissy,Without the vim and verve.But I could show my prowess,Be the lion, not the "mouse,"If I only had the nerve.

Cowardly Lion: I’ll fight you both together if you want! I’ll fight you with one paw tied behind my back! I’ll fight you standin’ on one foot! I’ll fight you wit’ my eyes closed!

Cowardly Lion: Put em up, put em up! Which one of ya first?

Tin Man: [singing] When a man's an empty kettle,He should be on his mettle,And yet I'm torn apart.Just because I'm presumin'That I could be kinda humanIf I only had a heart.

Scarecrow: [singing] Why, if I had a brain I could... 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.

Dorothy: [last lines] Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home – home! And this is my room – and you're all here – and I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And... oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home!

Dorothy: [Note: This line is ranked #23 in the [[w:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations] *] in American cinema].

Dorothy: [[home] There's no place like ]; there's no place like home; there's no place like home...

Dorothy: Well, I... I think that it... that it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em... and it's that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard; because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.

Dorothy: [Note: This line is ranked #4 in the [[w:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations] *] in American cinema].

Dorothy: [[Kansas] Toto, I've a feeling we're not in ] anymore. We must be over the rainbow!

Dorothy: [tossing a piece of her cruller to Toto; [moon; singing; [rainbow; [skies; [dreams; [dare; [true] Someplace where there isn't any trouble... ...do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or train. It's far, far away... behind the ]... beyond the rain. Somewhere, over the ], way up high,There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.Somewhere, over the rainbow, ] are blue,And the ] that you ] to dream really do come ].