--- title: "11 Cowardly Lion Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Cowardly Lion quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Cowardly Lion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/julie-klausner-9138_childhood_if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-dr_2143390.jpg" --- > [If the Cowardly Lion were on RuPaul’s Drag Race, so much of my childhood would be less nightmarish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-klausner/if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-drag-race-so-much-of-my/) [Julie Klausner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-klausner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/julie-klausner-9138_childhood_if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-dr_2143390.jpg) > [ I wanted to work with Bert Lahr \[the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'\], and I did. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowardly-lion-in-the-wizard-of-oz/) [Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/norman-lear-7597_cowardly_i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowa_796545.png) > [“Any friend of Dorothy," remarked the Cowardly Lion, "must be our friend, as well. So let us cease this talk of skull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/any-friend-of-dorothy-remarked-the-cowardly-lion-must-be-our-friend/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/l-frank-baum-1339_friend_any-friend-of-dorothy-remarked-the-cowar_1215950.png) > [“All morning I was dreading lunch, fearing his bizarre glares. Part of me wanted to confront him and demand to know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/all-morning-i-was-dreading-lunch-fearing-his-bizarre-glares-part-of/) [Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/stephenie-meyer-91_cowardly_all-morning-i-was-dreading-lunch-fearing_518519.jpg) > [If I had the ability to back in time and not love you I wouldnt do it. By loving you and losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becca-b/if-i-had-the-ability-to-back-in-time-and-not-love-you-i-wouldnt-do-it/) [Becca B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becca-b/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/becca-b-30778_done_if-i-had-the-ability-to-back-in-time-and_2023162.jpg) > [Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/courage-what-makes-the-flag-on-the-mast-to-wave-what-makes-the/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/l-frank-baum-1339_apes_courage-what-makes-the-flag-on-the-mast_3030517.png) > [“I wondered if I were blown to Oz with my dog, what would we ask the wizard for? Hmmm. Brains? I’ve got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-m-draper/i-wondered-if-i-were-blown-to-oz-with-my-dog-what-would-we-ask-the/) [Sharon M. Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-m-draper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/sharon-m-draper-14273_courage_i-wondered-if-i-were-blown-to-oz-with-my_703605.jpg) > [“The Hottentot Venus was well known in her time and even after. In the 1939 cinematic version of The Wizard of Oz,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rion-amilcar-scott/the-hottentot-venus-was-well-known-in-her-time-and-even-after-in-the/) [Rion Amilcar Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rion-amilcar-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/rion-amilcar-scott-51533_courage_the-hottentot-venus-was-well-known-in-he_3146658.jpg) > [Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/everyone-has-talent-what-is-rare-is-the-courage-to-follow-that-talent/) [Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/bruce-springsteen-546_confusing_everyone-has-talent-what-is-rare-is-the_909983.jpg) > [“Why, I'm not afraid to go anywhere, if the Cowardly Lion is with me," she said. "I know him pretty well, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/why-i-m-not-afraid-to-go-anywhere-if-the-cowardly-lion-is-with-me-she/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/l-frank-baum-1339_courage_why-i-m-not-afraid-to-go-anywhere-if-the_350611.jpg) > [“Brendan suddenly 'came out' to me. In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone 'come out' to you is the 'pretending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-fey/brendan-suddenly-came-out-to-me-in-my-experience-the-hardest-thing/) [Tina Fey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-fey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/tina-fey-484_gay-friend_brendan-suddenly-came-out-to-me-in-my-ex_2903779.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowardly-lion/#itemlist", "name": "Cowardly Lion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the Cowardly Lion were on RuPaul’s Drag Race, so much of my childhood would be less nightmarish.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julie Klausner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-klausner/if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-drag-race-so-much-of-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/julie-klausner-9138_childhood_if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-dr_2143390.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/julie-klausner-9138_childhood_if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-dr_2143390.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/julie-klausner-9138_childhood_if-the-cowardly-lion-were-on-rupaul-s-dr_2143390.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the Cowardly Lion were on RuPaul’s Drag Race, so much of my childhood would be less nightmarish.” — Julie Klausner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Norman Lear" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowardly-lion-in-the-wizard-of-oz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/norman-lear-7597_cowardly_i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowa_796545.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/norman-lear-7597_cowardly_i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowa_796545.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/norman-lear-7597_cowardly_i-wanted-to-work-with-bert-lahr-the-cowa_796545.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.” — Norman Lear", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Any friend of Dorothy,\" remarked the Cowardly Lion, \"must be our friend, as well. 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In the 1939 cinematic version of The Wizard of Oz, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion asks in song, “What makes the Hottentot so hot?” He answers his own question with the word courage. The correct answer, though it is not said in the film, would most logically be: her derrière. 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