Thornton Wilder Quotes

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975

Topics

SilentBecomeWhoAttentiveThose

The challenge of pollution and global warming is no longer the science, or the rate of innovation, but the rate of implementation: We have the clean solutions; now let's bundle them and install them.

Jens Martin Skibsted

InnovationScienceChallengeNow

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.

Anna Lindh

FreedomImportantMovementDealMost

There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the onset of a covert and illegal campaign of domestic surveillance.

Michael Hastings

HistoryLeapAwarenessSurveillance

I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

Amy Winehouse

VulnerableFrightenedAppearing

Anatomy is destiny.

Sigmund Freud

DestinyAnatomy

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

Mary Wortley Montagu

CivilityNothingEverythingCosts

My mother told me, 'Always do your best,' and my dad says, 'It's important to be humble. That's the key. They're not there for you. You're there for them.'

Luke Benward

MotherHumbleBestDo Your BestMe

I just wear very nice pyjamas. When I'm at home, I love to watch movies and relax because when I'm modeling, I'm always travelling. When I'm not working I don't put much make up, but I do love nail polish for that little bit of fun colour.

Liu Wen

LoveHomeFunRelaxNiceMovies

Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing.

Della Reese

TimeMeThinkLongI CanSometimes

One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.

Asif Ali Zardari

YouLeaveBehindRecordGoes

Creatively, I'd like to achieve not only being an artist, but being a businessman and having my own music home.

Anthony Hamilton

HomeMusicArtistAchieveMy Own

You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.

Pierce Brosnan

YourselfTryingYouPlease Everyone

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