Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder: One of the...

Thornton Wilder: One of the...

One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or...

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Thornton Wilder: A play visibly...

Thornton Wilder: A play visibly...

A play visibly represents pure existing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth...

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Thornton Wilder: The theatre is...

Thornton Wilder: The theatre is...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: Behold! These things are. Yet most dramatists employ it to say: This moral...

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Thornton Wilder: I was an...

Thornton Wilder: I was an...

I was an old man when I was 12; and now I am an old man, AND IT'S SPLENDID!

Source:...

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Thornton Wilder: It is only...

Thornton Wilder: It is only...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that...

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Thornton Wilder: My advice to...

Thornton Wilder: My advice to...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice-cream while it's on your plate, - that's my...

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Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Source: The...

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Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the...

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Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a...

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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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