“Dalí is one marvellous painter, but in living times he's one marvellous clown —more interesting for everybody.” — Salvador Dalí 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
I'm 23 but I got a brain like I'm 32 man, switched the numbers around. Smart kid too, straight-A student, I was… — Adrien Broner Copy Share Image
I want people to watch us and think, 'They're idiots. They're clowns,' I want them to watch us and think Tommy Cooper… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people… — Jennifer Carpenter Copy Share Image
The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
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. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There are outfits in the golfing world that are acceptable, but when you walk off the course can make you look like… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
She was this incredible mom. With each of her kids, she did something called 'time,' where she would spend an hour each… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
None of this seems to affect the leadership, that people don't go out to vote, that they don't feel the need to… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so -… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“But it was only her old rival Payasa standing behind her. "¿De dónde?" Payasa sauntered toward her, head thrown back, joy on… — Lynne Ewing Copy Share Image
I was always getting in trouble because I was the class clown but I always made teacher laugh. I remember I thought… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I spend 70% of my time laughing. I don't walk around all dark. I might take my photos like that because I'm… — Tricky Copy Share Image
When all the people covered in tattoos turn about 70 years old, they're going to look like a strange race of melting clowns. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular… — Tim Duncan Copy Share Image
Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
A clown always make the people happy. But once the curtain is close, do they realize that he needs someone who would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not very good in a classroom sort of setting. I never was. I was kind of a clown in high school… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
I look like a hobo?" "Worse," he said. "Like a sad hobo clown." "And you like it?" "I love it." As soon… — Rainbow Rowell 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 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
My friends were the class clowns, but I was the one in class doing Michael Jordan or teachers for no reason. I've… — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
Little clown is living in my heart. Small and very special. It can dance and jump, laugh and sing. Are you in… — Babloo Copy Share Image
My closet is like the trash pile from 'Fraggle Rock.' It's a hoarder's nightmare of crap, and it's jam-packed full of clown… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny,… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown, Who ponders this tremendous… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
Scary in the idea it could be a little overwhelming to have 70 or 100 clowns in a public space. Intriguing in… — Carole King Copy Share Image
Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
The surname Grobbelaar is roughly translated in English from original Dutch as 'clumsy,' so I think I was struggling from the start… — Bruce Grobbelaar Copy Share Image
I once went with my grandson to a county fair where you shoot a water pistol at the clown's mouth. We came… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
When the whole world turns clown, and paints itself red with its own hearts blood instead of vermilion, it is something else… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I just want to be known as a clown, because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can… — Red Skelton Copy Share Image
