Arthur Miller Quotes

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.

It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves

The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen and stupidity.

If I have to be alone I want to be by myself.

Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away.
But if you can't walk away?
I guess that's when it's tough.

You are pulling down heaven and raising up a whore

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

More Weight
-Giles Corey-

I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order - for meaning.

We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!

...an everlasting funeral marches round your heart.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.