Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Film ·299 of 348
"There's no place like home."
They never said that.
What people say
"There's no place like home."
What was actually said
"There's no place like home." Dorothy Gale — The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Why it stuck
Correct as printed — but the MGM line is word-for-word from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel. The film almost always gets the credit and the novel never does.
Baum used the phrase repeatedly in his book. The film borrowed it and made it a catchphrase.
Know another line by heart?
Play the duel and see how many you can spot. Or browse the whole shelf.