There comes, even to kings, the time of great weariness. Then the gold of the throne is brass, the silk of the… — Robert E. Howard 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
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
“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
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow 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
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
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
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
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
One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales. Now… — Ines de La Fressange Copy Share Image
January. It was all things. And it was one thing, like a solid door. Its cold sealed the city in a gray… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
Do you see him there? Throw him a coin, A smile, And he will Dance, Sing, Entertain. Performance for the ages, Standing… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
“Are you an evolutionist? I’m an absurdist, ma’am. But let’s suppose evolution is true; what about the monkeys today? Why can’t we… — Harrison Wheeler 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
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
“Kings kill; jesters don’t; therefore the jesters of the kings are more valuable than the kings!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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
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
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
