Clown Quotes

• Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

  John Steinbeck

  Littles, Seals

  John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). “Conversations with John Steinbeck”, p.77, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I am a clown, just without the painted smile.

  Chevy Chase

  Smile

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• A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

  Malcolm X

  Motivational, Wise, Men

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• I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.

  Ernest Borgnine

  Thinking, Knows, Urges

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am.

  Bob Dylan

  Here I Am, Stuck In The Middle, Left

  "Letters: Supernova Sleuth; Gerry Rafferty". Interview with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. January 5, 2011.

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• I am a clown...and I collect moments.

  Heinrich Böll

  Moments

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• The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Character, People, Fool

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2013). “Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.”, p.437, Alejandro's Libros

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• Nobody likes a clown at midnight

  Stephen King

  Likes, Midnight

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• Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .

  Cole Porter

  Play, World Love, Laughing

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• I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Humor, Wicked World, Politician

  The Observer, June 17, 1960.

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• But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

  Carl Sagan

  Funny, Brother, Laughter

  Broca's Brain ch. 5 (1979)

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• Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Taste

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• Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

  P. T. Barnum

  Circus, Hung, Peg

  Tampa Bay Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January/February 1990.

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• Dare to wear the foolish clown face.

  Frank Sinatra

  Faces, Foolish, Dare

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• When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

  Heinrich Heine

  Hero, Literature, Stage

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• By blood a king, in heart a clown.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Kings, Heart, Blood

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• A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Believe, Thinking, Fire

  "Either/Or" by Soren Kierkegaard as quotes in "The Point of View" by Robert L. Perkins, (p. 241), 2010.

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• As a clown, you're letting go of all of your bullshit.

  Caitlin Rose

  Letting Go, Bullshit

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.

  Tim Duncan

  Persons, Ifs

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• Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

  Douglas Coupland

  Children, Scary, Drink

  Douglas Coupland (2008). “JPod”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

  Harper Lee

  Tkam, Laughing, Kind

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.176, Random House

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• I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Tkam, Laughing

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• When fighting clowns, always go for the juggler.

  Darynda Jones

  Fighting, Jugglers

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.293, St. Martin's Press

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• The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.

  Patch Adams

  Suffering, Physicians, Roles

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone hates clowns," Otis said. "Even other clowns hate clowns.

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Said

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