The Wizard of Oz Quotes
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Speaker: Dorothy
"There's no place like home."
There's no place like home.
Context
This line is spoken by Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, in the film The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming et al. (1939).
At the end of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy has defeated the Wicked Witch of the West and revealed the true nature of Oz, and now she's ready to go back to Kansas.
Glinda the good witch instructs her to click her fashionable ruby heels together (they're the natural ancestor of Louboutins) and think to herself, "There's no place like home." Dorothy must have missed the whole think to yourself part because she says it aloud a few times before waking up back in Kansas, as though she never left at all.
Where you've heard it
This one's basically the anthem of anyone who's feeling homesick. Unfortunately, saying it over and over probably won't get them home. Get yourself an Uber, dude.
Additional Notable References
- Tons of twee trinkets on Etsy
- Shoes with built-in GPS
- An episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Maybe you should just make the best of where you are?