Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...

Everything has to come to an end, sometime.

He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said the girl.

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.