Quote by Thornton Wilder

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.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventu

Summary

This quote expresses the human tendency to always desire what is not readily available. When someone is comfortably at home, they yearn for the excitement and thrill of an adventure. Conversely, when they are amidst an adventure and faced with uncertainty or danger, they long for the security and safety of their own home. It highlights our perpetual dissatisfaction and longing for the "grass on the other side," demonstrating that our desires often shift depending on our current circumstances.

Topics

Home

By Thornton Wilder

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Software engineering is the part of computer science which i

Software engineering is the part of computer science which is too difficult for the computer scientist.

Friedrich Bauer

Computers Science

Saat kita dibenci, itu berarti kita menonjol di antara yang

Saat kita dibenci, itu berarti kita menonjol di antara yang lain.

Yoshichi Shimada

Wisdom Life Hate Inspirational Dibenci Lifelesson

The melancholy truth was that his glorious golden head had n

The melancholy truth was that his glorious golden head had nothing in it

Cecil Woodham Smith

Truth

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trig

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

Teen

Beauty is the illumination of your soul.

Beauty is the illumination of your soul.

Beauty Soul

It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shor

It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Elizabeth Taylor

Life moves out of a red flare of dreams into a common light

Life moves out of a red flare of dreams into a common light of common hours, until old age bring the red flare again.

William Butler Yeats

Life Age Dreams Light

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap e

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

Wit Oscar

The stories we love best do live in us forever. So, whether

The stories we love best do live in us forever. So, whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

Love Home

'It is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of

'It is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we u

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

Communism

Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese whe

Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear,' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.

Amazing