Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

Thornton Wilder · The Matchmaker (1954), act I

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

Thornton Wilder · The source reads: “Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.” · The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927), last lines

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?

Thornton Wilder · The source reads: “Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.… Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?” · Our Town (1938), act III

Most everybody in the world climbs into their graves married.

Thornton Wilder · Our Town (1938), act II

More Funny Quotes

The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.

Phineas T. Barnum · The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself (1855)

Satire is what closes Saturday night.

George S. Kaufman

Ah, the first day you are on the ship you won’t be feeling very well. The second day you will be feeling better. The third day you will meet a pretty girl and then you will be nearly there.

Winston Churchill · Recorded in Martin Gilbert, 1932

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“Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.”

“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”

“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?”

“Most everybody in the world climbs into their graves married.”

“The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.”

“Satire is what closes Saturday night.”

“Ah, the first day you are on the ship you won’t be feeling very well. The second day you will be feeling better. The third day you will meet a pretty girl and then you will be nearly there.”