Quotes about Clowns

Clowns have no respect for pie. Votes: 4

Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them." "Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks. Votes: 4

Clowns make me... Think. Votes: 3

Clowns are always creepy! Votes: 3

Clowns don't build institutions, nor do boxers. Votes: 3

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung. Votes: 3

Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast. Votes: 3

I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people. Votes: 3

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am... Votes: 3

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. Votes: 3

[Clowns] gotten a really bad rap in the last few years. People have really given into their own fears and have celebrated their fears in that way. American Horror Story didn't help. Votes: 3

I am delighted at Des's support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our South East conference. Votes: 3

That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns. Votes: 3

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am -- not stuck in the middle, but hovering above the entire farcical spectrum, weeping as I behold my fellow man's devotion to political illusion and self-destruction. Votes: 3

I'm scared of clowns. Votes: 1

Class clowns become actors. Votes: 1

I don't give a crap about clowns. Votes: 1

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. Votes: 1

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. Votes: 1

There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house. Votes: 1

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. Votes: 1

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you. Votes: 1

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown. Votes: 1

When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be. Votes: 1

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you. Votes: 1

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the biggest, juiciest laughs, and then leave. Votes: 1

I'm dealing with fools and trolls and soft targets. It's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. I don't have time for these clowns. Votes: 1

Occupy' is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America. Votes: 1

99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble. Votes: 1

As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's toys and bright colors and things like that. Votes: 1

I had no idea until I joined the games industry and met some of the power players, particularly those running large public companies, that much of this world is run by complete clowns. Votes: 1

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public. Votes: 1

I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response. Votes: 1

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. Votes: 1

When I first started dating my husband, I had this weird fascination with the circus and clowns and old carnival things and sideshow freaks and all that. About a month after we started dating, he bought me this amazing black-and-white photo book on the circus in the 1930s, and I started sobbing. Votes: 1

I think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think. Votes: 1

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up. Votes: 1

I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.' Whereas, a lot of other comedians are saying: 'Aren't I clever? You want to be me, aren't I cool? Revere me.' Which is fine. But that's not my bag. Votes: 1

I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off. Votes: 1

Latins are into clowns. Votes: 0

People don't buy from clowns. Votes: 0

Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns. Votes: 0

My mother-in-law is obsessed with clowns. Votes: 0

I hate clowns. I've mentioned that, right? Votes: 0

Do those clowns really believe what they teach? Votes: 0

When fighting clowns, always go for the juggler. Votes: 0

I hate clowns. You can't see what they're thinking. Votes: 0

I was never into candy and games and clowns. Votes: 0

[I'm] a huge defender of clowns around the world. Votes: 0

Charlie Hebdo were the licensed anarchist clowns of the society. Votes: 0

Everyone hates clowns," Otis said. "Even other clowns hate clowns. Votes: 0

I'm secretly afraid of clowns. But it's not a secret now...dang. Votes: 0

Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns. Votes: 0

Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? Votes: 0

Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost Votes: 0

I'ma be here for a while. None of these clowns can hurt me. Votes: 0

Life is a series of ups and clowns. Make it worth your wild! Votes: 0

We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken. Votes: 0

Strip those clowns down to nudity, shove the chrome where they doo doo be. Votes: 0

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business. Votes: 0

Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them. Votes: 0

When asked what profession they like least, most people will give the obvious answer: clowns. Votes: 0

There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house. Votes: 0

Kings kill; clowns don't; therefore the clowns of the kings are more valuable than the kings! Votes: 0

I'm divorced and I've been to the circus and seen the clowns. This ain't my first rodeo. Votes: 0

There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon) Votes: 0

A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room. Votes: 0

Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am. Votes: 0

I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns. Votes: 0

I hate clowns and I would never do anything getting near a clown, I can't go to the circus. Votes: 0

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats Votes: 0

I have always found clowns really fascinating, especially on film. Even as a kid I was never scared of them. Votes: 0

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns. Votes: 0

Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. Votes: 0

We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns. Votes: 0

When all the people covered in tattoos turn about 70 years old, they're going to look like a strange race of melting clowns. Votes: 0

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of the earth, that they might witness their own wretchedness Votes: 0

Everyone knows there's only one thing less welcome on a stage than a mime, and that's a clown, because everyone knows that clowns eat people. Votes: 0

The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent. Votes: 0

Step by step i have risen but it was hard in the beginning but now the clouds are my ground and now my haters are clowns Votes: 0

Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius. Votes: 0

[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered clowns we call the people." Votes: 0

What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns and philistines with gimp mentalities. Votes: 0

Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings / Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings / When ordinary people who are like you and me / Are the builders of their destiny. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with clowns and what they represent and the idea that clowns are supposed to make you laugh, but inevitably they're hiding something. That's how I look at my life. Votes: 0

Scary in the idea it could be a little overwhelming to have 70 or 100 clowns in a public space. Intriguing in that it could be something interesting. I'm up for any kind of public art. Votes: 0

No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add. Votes: 0

I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street. Votes: 0

READ! Books can be as delicious as hot-fudge sundaes, as funny as clowns, as exciting as a baseball game that's tied in the 9th inning, and as beautiful as the best sunset you ever saw. Votes: 0