In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do. — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“friend to friend no more draws near, and the jester's cane has become a spear” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“To defeat your adversary and bury him is one thing. To dress him in a jester's costume and have him perform for… — Matthew d'Ancona Copy Share Image
In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
“He was the class clown, the court jester, because he’d learned early that if you cracked jokes and pretended you weren’t scared,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The judgement makes no sense at all. It exposes the country, Turkey, to ridicule. It would have been so much better if… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There was always a slug on the lettuce. This was too good to be true. He had never trusted Jester, and didn't… — Charlie Higson Copy Share Image
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughter is a most healthful exercise; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the… — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland Copy Share Image
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“As I drifted along with my bodiless invisibility, I felt myself more and more becoming an empty, floating shape, seeing without being… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the… — Joe Randazzo Copy Share Image
The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I'm the out-of-court jester who won't settle, I up the vigilante, I'm a law unto myself but break it anyway! I made… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters. — Minimaks Copy Share Image
When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
If you're demanding a rodeo jester be thrown in the dungeons for mocking the king, don't pretend you support a free country. — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The artist is still a little like the old court jester. He's supposed to speak his vicious paradoxes with some sense in… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! — Danny Kaye Copy Share Image
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