Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

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Thornton Wilder: Where there is...

Thornton Wilder: Where there is...

Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.

Source: In Great Business...

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Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the...

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Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference . . . and finds them...

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Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of...

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Thornton Wilder: The test of...

Thornton Wilder: The test of...

The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself, Oh, now I've got myself into an...

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Thornton Wilder: And the sign...

Thornton Wilder: And the sign...

And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home And the sign that something's wrong with...

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Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not...

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Thornton Wilder: Every good thing...

Thornton Wilder: Every good thing...

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Source: Wriston's...

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Thornton Wilder: I regard the...

Thornton Wilder: I regard the...

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with...

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Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

Thornton Wilder: But there comes...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not -- a...

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any...

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Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A living is...

Thornton Wilder: A living is...

A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million...

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Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

Thornton Wilder: I am convinced...

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to...

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Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love,...

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Thornton Wilder: I do borrow...

Thornton Wilder: I do borrow...

I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly! I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on...

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Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners --your lecherous liars and your miserly...

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Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Source: In Time, 12 Jan 53
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