Thornton Wilder Quotes

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SuccessGoodPurposeNothingAim

Our culture doesn't ask about preserving the essence of pig; it just asks how can we grow them faster, fatter, bigger, and cheaper. We know that's not a noble goal.

Joel Salatin

CultureGrowGoalPigKnowNoble

I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.

John Hawkes

PeopleMeBelievePlayKnowWant

It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them.

Robert Musil

ManValueDirectionPossibilitiesGo

Forth & Towne was a great test of a promising concept and an illustration of the innovative risks you need to take in our business. We made the tough decision to close the brand and focus our efforts on stabilizing the existing businesses.

Robert J. Fisher

BusinessGreatDecisionFocusRisks

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Steve Buscemi

AttitudeMeLovedSeriousHimAdopt

When I first got started in the late '70s, early '80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly.

Steve Case

WorldThinkingThoughtEarlyLate

History is ultimately storytelling. I think the more stories you write in life - and I've written a lot of screenplays, a lot of short stories - you realize it's your interpretation of events that people read, and they absorb that.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LifeHistoryPeopleThinkShortYou

I will do water - beautiful, blue water.

Claude Monet

BeautifulWaterBlueWill

I bought my wife Leighanne a silver BMW Z8 sports car one Christmas and tied it up with a big red bow in the driveway of our house.

Brian Littrell

CarSportsWifeRedHouseSilver

I found that people like rules, and I love to tell people what to do. It's not rocket science when it comes to weight loss. It's about eating a little less and moving a little bit more.

Bob Harper

LoveSciencePeopleMovingEating

You've probably heard the stories about how io9 got its name. And maybe you know that io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders and I were inspired by Kathy Keeton, whose groundbreaking magazine 'Omni' combined coverage of real science with science fiction. But what you probably don't know is how unlikely it was that io9 ever succeeded at all.

Annalee Newitz

ScienceNameYouKnowRealFiction

I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.

Alicia Keys

MotherLadyAlwaysEmotionalBeen

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