Quotes by Thornton Wilder

Explore a curated collection of 36 quotes by Thornton Wilder. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. — Thornton Wilder
If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good — Thornton Wilder
So - people a thousand years from now...This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living — Thornton Wilder
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly dru — Thornton Wilder
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. — Thornton Wilder
And at once he sacrificed everything to it, if it can be said we ever sacrifice anything save what we know we can never — Thornton Wilder
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. — Thornton Wilder
I not only bow to the inevitable I am fortified by it. — Thornton Wilder
The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen the more heard. The eye is the enemy o — Thornton Wilder
Many plays certainly mine are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. — Thornton Wilder
A play visibly represents pure existing. — Thornton Wilder
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation. — Thornton Wilder
That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer. — Thornton Wilder
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings it c — Thornton Wilder
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. — Thornton Wilder
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation? — Thornton Wilder
Where there is an unknowable there is a promise. — Thornton Wilder
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
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. — Thornton Wilder
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation? — Thornton Wilder