--- title: "3 Said Wizard Quotes By L. Frank Baum" description: "3 Said Wizard quotes by L. Frank Baum. Plus more from L. Frank Baum and more Said Wizard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/l-frank-baum-1339_humor_now-then-mr-crab-said-the-zebra-here-are_1283683.png" --- > [“Now then, Mr. Crab," said the zebra, "here are the people I told you about; and they know more than you do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/now-then-mr-crab-said-the-zebra-here-are-the-people-i-told-you-about/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/l-frank-baum-1339_humor_now-then-mr-crab-said-the-zebra-here-are_1283683.png) > [“H.M.," said the Woggle-Bug, pompously, "means Highly Magnified; and T.E. means Thoroughly Educated. I am, in reality, a very big bug, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/h-m-said-the-woggle-bug-pompously-means-highly-magnified-and-t-e/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/l-frank-baum-1339_wizard_h-m-said-the-woggle-bug-pompously-means_1428458.png) > [“..."but there is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time." - said the Wizard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/but-there-is-no-doubt-they-intend-to-kill-us-as-dead-as-possible-in-a/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/l-frank-baum-1339_inspirational_but-there-is-no-doubt-they-intend-to-kil_2125403.png) ## More by L. Frank Baum > [No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/no-matter-how-dreary-and-gray-our-homes-are-we-people-of-flesh-and/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/the-tin-woodman-knew-very-well-he-had-no-heart-and-therefore-he-took/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [The proud spirit of the original owners of these vast prairies inherited through centuries of fierce and bloody wars for their possession, lingered last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/the-proud-spirit-of-the-original-owners-of-these-vast-prairies/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“If I had a heart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/if-i-had-a-heart/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/i-believe-that-dreams-day-dreams-you-know-with-your-eyes-wide-open/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/oh-no-my-dear-i-m-a-very-good-man-i-m-just-a-very-bad-wizard/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/perhaps-i-should-admit-on-the-title-page-that-this-book-is-by-l-frank/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/beautiful-things-may-be-admired-if-not-loved/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/my-people-have-been-wearing-green-glasses-on-their-eyes-for-so-long/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“cut the beast’s head clean”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/cut-the-beast-s-head-clean/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/when-dorothy-stood-in-the-doorway-and-looked-around-she-could-see/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“you do not I will make an end of you, as I did of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow." Dorothy followed her through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/you-do-not-i-will-make-an-end-of-you-as-i-did-of-the-tin-woodman-and/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“Don't tell anyone I'm a poet; they might want me to write a book. Don't tell 'em I can sing, or they'd want me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/don-t-tell-anyone-i-m-a-poet-they-might-want-me-to-write-a-book-don-t/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“It is but honest that I should acknowledge at the beginning of my recital that I was born an ordinary Woggle-Bug," began the creature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/it-is-but-honest-that-i-should-acknowledge-at-the-beginning-of-my/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) > [“Not willingly," admitted the tiger. "But here is the alternative; either you transform yourself into an eye for our child, or I and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/not-willingly-admitted-the-tiger-but-here-is-the-alternative-either/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-wizard/l-frank-baum/#itemlist", "name": "3 Said Wizard Quotes By L. Frank Baum", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now then, Mr. Crab,\" said the zebra, \"here are the people I told you about; and they know more than you do, who live in a pool, and more than I do, who live in a forest. 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