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, Home Quotes, Safety Quotes, Wishes Quotes

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

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 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...

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...

A play visibly represents pure existing.

A play visibly represents pure existing.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

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.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

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...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

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...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

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...

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...