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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate Picture Quote #1

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms Picture Quote #1

A sense of humor judges one’s actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure Picture Quote #1

Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know Picture Quote #1

Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but theremay never be two that love one another equally well Picture Quote #1

There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred Picture Quote #1

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The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it say to yourself, Oh, now I’ve got myself into an awful mess; I wish Picture Quote #1

That’s the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don’t feel the need to be impatient any longer Picture Quote #1

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for Picture Quote #1

But there comes a moment in everybody’s life when he must decide whether he’ll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone Picture Quote #1

The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so Picture Quote #1

The whole purport of literature...is the notation of the heart. Style is but the faintly contemptible vessel in which the bitter liquid is recommended to the world Picture Quote #1

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Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them Picture Quote #1

Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in Picture Quote #1

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children Picture Quote #1

When you’re at war, you think about a better life; when you’re at peace you think about a more comfortable one Picture Quote #1

Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as seldom as does love by the senses. Frustrated, it creates even greater havoc, for like all love it is a madness Picture Quote #1

The planting of trees is the least self centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children Picture Quote #1

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A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million is made by producing something that everybody needs every day. You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time Picture Quote #1

Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning Picture Quote #1

I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly! I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on a charge of kleptomania, I do steal, but, your Honor, only from the very best stores Picture Quote #1

Every writer is necessarily a critic that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed by general principles concerning truth, force, beauty, and so on. The critic that is in every fabulist is like the iceberg nine tenths of him is under water Picture Quote #1

Many plays, certainly mine, are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them Picture Quote #1

We live in what is, but we find 1,000 ways not to face it. Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it Picture Quote #1

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Ninety nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion Picture Quote #1

If a man has no vices, he's in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle Picture Quote #1

The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama Picture Quote #1

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous Picture Quote #1

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness Picture Quote #1

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday Picture Quote #1

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Enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate (Thornton Wilder Quotes) I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms (Thornton Wilder Quotes) A sense of humor judges one’s actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but theremay never be two that love one another equally well (Thornton Wilder Quotes) There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it say to yourself, Oh, now I’ve got myself into an awful mess; I wish (Thornton Wilder Quotes) That’s the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don’t feel the need to be impatient any longer (Thornton Wilder Quotes) I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) But there comes a moment in everybody’s life when he must decide whether he’ll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The whole purport of literature...is the notation of the heart. Style is but the faintly contemptible vessel in which the bitter liquid is recommended to the world. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) When you’re at war, you think about a better life; when you’re at peace you think about a more comfortable one. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as seldom as does love by the senses. Frustrated, it creates even greater havoc, for like all love it is a madness. (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The planting of trees is the least self centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children (Thornton Wilder Quotes) A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million is made by producing something that everybody needs every day. You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning (Thornton Wilder Quotes) I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly! I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on a charge of kleptomania, I do steal, but, your Honor, only from the very best stores (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Every writer is necessarily a critic that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed by general principles concerning truth, force, beauty, and so on. The critic that is in every fabulist is like the iceberg nine tenths of him is under water (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Many plays, certainly mine, are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them (Thornton Wilder Quotes) We live in what is, but we find 1,000 ways not to face it. Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Ninety nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion (Thornton Wilder Quotes) If a man has no vices, he's in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle (Thornton Wilder Quotes) The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama (Thornton Wilder Quotes) Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous (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 Quotes) Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday (Thornton Wilder Quotes)

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