The Tin Woodman of Oz Quotes

“A beautiful girl is much superior to a little yellow bird, and a boy—such as I was—far better than a Green Monkey.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“If you desire it," promised the Tin Woodman, leaning back in his tin throne and crossing his tin legs. "I haven't related my history in a long while, because everyone here knows it nearly as well as I do. But you, being a stranger, are no doubt curious to learn how I became so beautiful and prosperous, so I will recite for your benefit my strange adventures.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“If you think of some dreadful thing, it's liable to happen, but if you don't think of it, and no one else thinks of it, it just can't happen.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“All persons are usually judged by the shapes in which they appear to the eyes of others.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“To be just like other persons is small credit to one, while to be unlike others is a mark of distinction.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“Children who eat between meals should be broken of the habit.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“Be contented with your fate, for discontent leads to unhappiness, and unhappiness, in any form, is the greatest evil that can befall you.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“I have escaped so many dangers, during my lifetime, that I am not much afraid of anything that can happen.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“Thoughts should be restrained in the same way as your oil, and only applied when necessary, and for a good purpose. If used carefully, thoughts are good things to have.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“And I am resolved never to speak again without taking time to think carefully on what I am going to say, for I realize that speech without thought is dangerous”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz

“I wouldn't ask anyone to take this dreadful form," said Woot; "it wouldn't be right, you know. I've been a monkey for some time, now, and I don't like it. It makes me ashamed to be a beast of this sort when by right of birth I'm a boy; so I'm sure it would be wicked to ask anyone else to take my place." They”
― L. Frank Baum, The Tin Woodman of Oz