L. Frank Baum Quotes

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

In the scale of the destinies, brawn will never weigh so mach as brain.

As much wisdom may be expended on a private economy as on an empire, and as much wisdom may be drawn from it.

I'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US president whose SAT score has been made public. I even scored higher than ex-presidential candidate Al Gore, whose SAT score was so high, it was deemed as potentially off-putting to voters.

Earning money has a way of increasing financial intelligence quickly.

If you're a lame brain, then you're a lame brain. I can't help that.

You can't sit there and feel bad for yourself and say, "But, it's just not coming to me." That's an instinctual thing to do because that's the way the business normally works. But, when you've got a good brain on your shoulders, I think you can make it happen.

It needs brains to be a real fool.

Brains first and then Hard Work.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours, but you wouldn't have much trouble outwitting them in contract negotiations.

The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.

There's some brain damage, but it may be that very brain damage that allows me to do the work I do.

Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.

So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.

Parking at a garage is like going to a prostitute. Why pay for it when you can apply yourself, and then may be you can get it for free.

I don't think his elevator went all the way to the top anymore, if you know what I mean

Some have brains, and some haven't, and there it is.

If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

Brains aren't everything, but they're important.

A collection of a hundred great brains makes one big fathead.

Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.

You can lose leverage, and it's the only way a smart guy can go broke.

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?