Wilder

Famous quotes containing the word wilder:

    The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.
    —Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)

    You want to know who killed Dietrichson? Hold tight to that cheap cigar of yours, Keyes. I killed Dietrichson. Me, Walter Neff. Insurance salesman. Thirty-five-years old. Unmarried. No visible scars. Till a while ago, that is. Yes, I killed him. Killed him for money, and for a woman. I didn’t get the money, and, I didn’t get the woman.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    [France is] a country where the money falls apart but you can’t tear the toilet paper.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)