Thornton Wilder Quotes

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautyEvilWorldLeftNecessary

You don't come into government thinking it is going to be easy.

Andrew Lansley

GovernmentThinkingEasyYouGoing

There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at my police record, you'd have to have more than one hour to tell the story.

Merle Haggard

LifePoliceStoryMy LifeYouLook

I was a bit of a sleeper-inner.

Rod Stewart

Bit

Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like.

Jason Katims

StoryPotentialWantKindEmotional

There's so much boldness in living life this way, and we did it all, and no one can take it away from us.

Diana Nyad

LifeLivingWayBoldnessTakeUs

Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense.

Conrad Black

HardRightSelf-DefenseTakeAgainst

There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the voice of government, the voice of taste, the voice of celebrity, the voice of the real world, the voice of fear and force, the voice of gossip.

Alice Oswald

FearGovernmentWorldVoiceGossip

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

Winston Churchill

CurseBareStrippedPlenty

There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job.

Todd Barry

JobFunPeopleHave FunThinkYou

I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

Richard Rogers

InfluenceSocietyLookingInteresting

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

Nita Ambani

WorldMotherhoodVocationWellMost

Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our species.

Nigel Hamilton

NatureMemorySurvivalMostOur

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