I would have liked to be Birbal in Akbar's court, but a court jester also suits me just fine. — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
When your Knight in Shining Armor wanders into your life, don't treat him like the Court Jester. Few things are more difficult… — Vladislas Nikilovic Copy Share Image
There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters. — Jim Gaffigan 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
The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester. — Richard Simmons 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
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
I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the… — Richard Simmons 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
My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“I don't know how long I lay in the mud. Perhaps a minute, perhaps a day. Time was a court jester, playing… — J.M. Redmann 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
I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a… — Henri Langlois 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
He was the class clown, the court jester, because he'd learn early that if you cracked jokes and pretended you weren't scared,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the… — Umberto Eco 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
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
