When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home

Quote by Thornton Wilder

Topics: Adventure Quotes, Hom Quotes, Safety Quotes, Wishes Quotes

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and...

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

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

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

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

A play visibly represents pure existing.

A play visibly represents pure existing.