Thornton Wilder Quotes

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 moves.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeRiverEyeLandscapeAppearance

Since my first encounter with Kafka's writing, I've been interested in a quality that, while he was alive, stood in the way of his achieving a large reputation: his allegory.

John Kessel

QualityWritingReputationAchieving

For the Absolute, as we now know, all life is individual, but is individual as expressing a meaning.

Josiah Royce

LifeMeaningKnowNowIndividual

As coaches, we usually have plenty of changes from one year to the next. Sometimes it seems like it's at one position. Sometimes it's across the board. But this is really a part of every year that we have in coaching in the NFL.

Josh McDaniels

CoachingYearSometimesChangesNext

Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer. I'm very weak.

Joni Eareckson Tada

PeopleBelieveStrongChristianTrue

I just hope that I will be as good a mom to my child, and hopefully children, as my mom was to me.

Chelsea Clinton

GoodHopeChildrenChildMeMom

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny. It's not for the movies.

Christina Milian

FunnyExperienceGunYouDownEver

I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me.

Alison Krauss

HomeMeCrazyLookLondonUp

I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

Shakira

MyselfSunBuildingCareerBrick

One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

Richard Francis Burton

DeathManSeriousDozenThing

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

Kristi Yamaguchi

PastTrainingSkatingInspiration

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.

Justin Welby

EthicsThinkKnowDoneBankNeed

Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding?

Jane Welsh Carlyle

GrowHeavenEarthRealLastKnows

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