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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Thornton Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Marriage Think She Make Bribe

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.

Work Doing Question Years Started

Broadcast TV has a very classy but old-fashioned way of doing television. That's what it's always going to be. But you've still got to introduce young talent and ideas and shows to the masses. That's the way you build a bigger and younger audience, introducing younger writers, comics, TV shows to viewers.

Jermaine Fowler

Talent Ideas Doing You Television

When I play, I just try to score goals or assist someone - that's my job.

Goals Job Someone Play Try Score

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Great Mirror Man Looking Ego Public

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Money Growing Up Growing Poor Out

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Nature Technology You Hard Study Us

Do you have hands? Excellent. That's a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle.

Good Great Start Hands You Pencil

There's nothing like a good pair of heels.

Bridget Moynahan

Good Nothing Heels Like Pair

Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.

Community School Chance Physics Want

The paternalism of the medical industry is insane.

Medical Industry Insane

The mission of NASA's Kepler telescope is to lift the scales from our eyes and reveal to us just how typical our home world is. Kepler operates by measuring the dimming of stars as planets pass ('transit') in front of them. It has found thousands of previously unknown worlds.

Stars Home Eyes World Mission NASA

I've served in 25 nations. I've seen where people don't trust their government. We're there. In the military, the last option is to send in the SEALs.

Trust Government People Military

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