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.

Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13

“And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”

You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

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.

I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.