The Wizard of Oz quotes

View Quote Curses, curses! Somebody always helps that girl. Shoes or no shoes. I'm still great enough to conquer her. And woe to those who try to stop me!

View Quote [to Scarecrow] I think I'll miss you most of all.

View Quote [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 human,
If I only had a heart.
I'd be tender — I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding Love and Art
I'd be friends with sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart.

View Quote [saying goodbye to Dorothy] Now I know I have a heart... 'cause it's breaking.

View Quote Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning!

View Quote People without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?

View Quote Choir: (Singing)
You're out of the woods
You're out of the dark
You're out of the night
Step into the sun
Step into the light
Keep straight ahead for
The most glorious place - on the face —
Of the earth or the sky
Hold onto your breath
Hold onto your heart
Hold onto your hope —
March up to the gate
And bid it open—

View Quote Professor Marvel: [to his horse] Better get under cover, Sylvester, there's a storm blowin' up, a whopper! Just speakin' the vernacular of the peasantry. Poor little kid. I hope she gets home all right.

View Quote And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment, or you will be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West.

View Quote This is the Wicked Witch of the West. She's far worse than the other one.

View Quote Cowardly Lion: Wait a minute, fellas. I was just thinkin'. I really don't want to see the Wizard this much. I'd better wait for ya outside.
Scarecrow: What's the matter?
Tin Man: Oh, he's just scared again.
Dorothy: Don't you know the Wizard is gonna give you some courage?
Cowardly Lion: [Shaking] I'd be too scared to ask him for it!
Dorothy: Well, then we'll ask him for you.
Cowardly Lion: I'd sooner wait outside.
Dorothy: Why?
Cowardly Lion: Because I'm still scared. [He yelps]
Scarecrow: What happened?
Cowardly Lion: Somebody pulled my tail!
Scarecrow: Oh, you did it yourself.

View Quote Professor Marvel: Oh, house guests! And who might you be? Oh, now don't tell me. You're traveling in disguise, no, that's not right, I...you're going on a visit? No, I'm wrong, that's, uh, you're, uh, you're running away.
Dorothy: How did you guess?
Professor: Professor Marvel never guesses, he knows. Now why are you running away? No, no, no, don't tell me. Uh, they don't understand you at home, they don't appreciate you. You want to see other lands, big cities, big mountains, big oceans!
Dorothy: Why, it's just like you could read what was inside of me.

View Quote [to the Wicked Witch of the West] Begone, before somebody drops a house on you!

View Quote There's no place like home. Note: ranked #23 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

View Quote The Wizard of Oz: I hereby decree that until what time, if any, that I return, the Scarecrow, by virtue of his highly superior brains, shall rule in my stead... assisted by the Tin Man, by virtue of his magnificent heart, and the Lion, by virtue of his courage.