Clown Quotes · Page 13

I was certainly not a class clown; I confused and angered a lot of people with my sense of humor.

— Katherine Ryan

“This was all just fantasies in the dark, you see, And who was never parading as a clown... Me!”

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

— Tina Weymouth

I was just school class clown and that was it. Someday I'll get a job as a cab driver or whatever.

— John Leguizamo

“Creepy as hell. You ever see that TV movie about the clown in the sewer?”

— Stephen King

I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil.

— Johnny Depp

I used to be called a post-modern clown. But now, post-modernism is a quaint notion, too.

— Bill Irwin

If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?

— Anonymous

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer.…

— Jermaine Dupri

The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just…

— Chris Matthews

I don't want to be Derrick Lewis. He's a clown. He just says the most random things just to get a lot…

— Curtis Blaydes

I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really…

— Logan Henderson

“He thought he saw some horses, too, and a clown, but it was the faces of all those dead raptors that really…

— Vernon D. Burns

“And George saw the clown’s face change. What he saw then was terrible enough to make his worst imaginings of the thing…

— Stephen King

Why is it that we will laugh at a man in a clown outfit, but we won't laugh at a man just…

— Jack Handey

What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Travis: I didn’t know they made permanent makeup. I looked like a clown for a month. Connor: Yeah. They put a curse…

— Rick Riordan

I went to a terrifying boarding school and everyone was a brilliant singer or musician or artist, and I wasn't good at…

— Geraldine James

One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide…

— Julie Taymor

The Joker is a tremendous vehicle for talented actors. Cesar Romero's was a bubbly, lunatic criminal. Nicholson did him as a vain,…

— Paul Dini

Antonin Scalia was saying, and Donald Trump knows this as well, the answer to it is not to punish people, to shut…

— Rush Limbaugh

There are the class clowns that are disruptive and the kids laugh and you earn the teacher's disdain, I was the kind…

— Jason Mantzoukas

O your life, your lonely lifeWhat have you ever done with it,And done with the great gift of consciousness?What will you ever…

— Delmore Schwartz

I wasn't a class clown, I never developed this comedic flair as a kid. Even when I decided to become an actor,…

— Steve Carell

Be. Here. NOW. Don't forget to breathe. When all else fails, grab a clown nose.

— Tom Bergeron

“The class laughed. I can tell the difference between people making fun of us and people being nice to us.”

— Sharon M Draper

“Club Secretary: "I say, Lawrence. You are a clown!" T.E. Lawrence: "Ah, well, we can't all be lion tamers.”

— T.E. Lawerence

I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.

— Amy Sedaris

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.

— Rachel Dratch

People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.

— Vaslav Nijinsky

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

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

— Patch Adams

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.

— Anonymous

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

— R. L. Stine

“Float?” The clown’s grin widened. “Oh yes, indeed they do. They float! And there’s cotton candy. . . .”

— Stephen King

There's nothing like a clown with a boner to remind you that you're having a nightmare.

— Dana Gould

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

— Malcolm X

The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.

— Osbert Sitwell

For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.

— Denis Lavant

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

— Greg Kinnear