A Quote by Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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Danger Edge Every Good Good Thing Razor Stands Thing Very Good World

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Thornton Wilder
American - Novelist
April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

Thornton Wilder

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for - whether it's a field, or a home, or a country.

Thornton Wilder

Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side.

Lauren Oliver

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor and surviving.

Marlon Brando

Every match in the Euro is a dance on a razor's edge.

Otto Rehhagel

Together we all live every moment On the very brink; The razor’s edge Of ecstasy or disaster.

Scott Hastie

Bill Murray is such a tremendous talent, but the world wasn't ready for 'Razor's Edge,' for something that thoughtful and with that much depth at that time in his career.

Keegan-Michael Key

Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.

Jacques Ellul

Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal.

Jacob Bronowski

I told Ersken, "Lately it's been like living on the knife's edge, never knowing which side I'll fall off on" Ersken clapped me on the shoulder as we stepped into the street. "Cheer up, Beka. Maybe you were going to fall off that razor's edge before, but not today," he said, as good humored as always. "Today we're doing to jump.