Wilder

Famous quotes containing the word wilder:

“And, by the way, who estimates the value of the crop which nature yields in the still wilder fields unimproved by man? The crop of English hay is carefully weighed, the moisture calculated, the silicates and the potash; but in all dells and pond-holes in the woods and pastures and swamps grows a rich and various crop only unreaped by man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“You’re not smarter, Walter, just a little taller.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

“Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she’s a householder.”
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)