Circus Quotes · Page 19

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my…

— Anne Tyler

Hallucinations are bad enough. But after awhile you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg…

— Hunter S. Thompson

My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any…

— Rajneesh

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

— Kin Hubbard

The bit I love is I really love acting, really, and the circus of being a celebrity is something I'm sort of…

— Tom Hiddleston

I always wanted to play baseball and join the circus. Now I have both.

— Graig Nettles

“Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit. ”

— Kin Hubbard

Animals are the traditional circus. It's what people remember from their childhood.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that…

— Terry Gilliam

Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show.…

— Jonathan Winters

There are certainly times when baseball is much more than bread and circus, times when baseball resonates deeply and meaningfully with many,…

— Theo Epstein

I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I avoid the media circus, keep my head down and try to keep growing and learning things.

— Georgie Fame

Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a…

— Graig Nettles

Life is a circus ring, with some moments more spectacular than others.

— Janusz Korczak

I think that's a big part of what I love about the boys in the band, too, and what I find attractive…

— Lzzy Hale

Absolutely I'm going to be talking about it, because it's in the zeitgeist and it's happening. It's an election year. It's the…

— Chelsea Handler

I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids bits. Ive…

— Rupert Graves

The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones,…

— Maxim Gorky

As incredible as television has become, it often feels like a sideshow in what has become a daily three-ring media circus.

— John Landgraf

I have been treated as a freak, rather like the fat lady at the circus.

— Margaret Hughes

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

— Neil Gaiman

I think because I'm 6'4" and have blond hair and I didn't dress like any other kind of a boy, people just…

— Patrick Wolf

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic -…

— Josh Lieb

My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one…

— Jodi Picoult