Well! Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of spears! Thought you'd be pretty foxy, didn't you? Well! The last to go will see the first three go before her! And her mangy little dog, too!
Dorothy Gale
Judy Garland · 44 quotes
The Scarecrow
Ray Bolger · 22 quotes
The Cowardly Lion
Bert Lahr · 19 quotes
The Tin Man
Jack Haley · 17 quotes
The Wicked Witch of the West
Margaret Hamilton · 13 quotes
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North
Billie Burke · 9 quotes
The Munchkins
Pinto Colvig · 6 quotes
Auntie Em
Clara Blandick · 4 quotes
Professor Marvel
Frank Morgan · 3 quotes
The Wizard
3 quotes
Uncle Henry
Charley Grapewin · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Dorothy Gale & The Scarecrow (16), The Scarecrow & The Tin Man (13), Dorothy Gale & The Tin Man (12)
The Wizard of Oz quotes
Page 3 of 6Curses, 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!
[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.
Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning!
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—
[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.
People without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?
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.
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!
Why, it's just like you could read what was inside of me.
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.
What's the matter?
Oh, he's just scared again.
Don't you know the Wizard is gonna give you some courage?
Well, then we'll ask him for you.
I'd sooner wait outside.
Why?
Because I'm still scared. [He yelps]
What happened?
Somebody pulled my tail!
Oh, you did it yourself.
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.
This is the Wicked Witch of the West. She's far worse than the other one.
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow.
Note: first line is ranked #4 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
[to the Wicked Witch of the West]
Begone, before somebody drops a house on you!
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.