“ Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals. ”
- John Steinbeck- Copy
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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- Copy
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“ Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers. ”
- Thomas E. Lawrence- Copy
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“ What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have — leisure and a quiet mind. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
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“ Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter. ”
- Mel Gussow- Copy
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“ I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments. ”
- Jim Morrison- Copy
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“ I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments. ”
- Jim Morrison- Copy
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“ It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president. ”
- Norman Rockwell- Copy
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“ Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
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“ Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters - not so much above the clatter as part of it. ”
- Saul Bellow- Copy
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“ Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors. ”
- Johann Georg Zimmermann- Copy
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“ The funniest line in English is ''Get it?'' When you say that, everyone chortles. ”
- Garrison Keillor- Copy
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“ Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke.". ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem. ”
- Harvey Mindess- Copy
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“ Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down. ”
- George Carlin- Copy
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“ I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. ”
- Bob Newhart- Copy
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“ I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic. ”
- Dudley Moore- Copy
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“ You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear. ”
- Johnny Vegas- Copy
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“ Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. ”
- John Major- Copy
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“ You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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