Thornton Wilder Quotes (54 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.

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

The tiny tealeaf of consciousness spreads its bittersweet smoke through the sea of the primitive mind. Law is invented, then morality, then love, then forgiveness. Thousands and thousands of ideas, knit together over time, each one less practical and more ornamental than the last, all stretched taut above the wandering, wondering heads like a little pavilion a temporary shelter for the human project.