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
Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer… — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
“As I drifted along with my bodiless invisibility, I felt myself more and more becoming an empty, floating shape, seeing without being… — Thomas Ligotti 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
I like to be the jester - he is the only one the king doesn't question. — Marcel Wanders 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
The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
I feel so special helping jazzy (jester) make big letters in inbox XD ahaha made my day xD — Dyllan Copy Share Image
“You'll be my Queen, and I'll be your Jester 'cause all I want is to fill your days with laughter” — Rick Ferreira Copy Share Image
In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel 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
Laughter is a most healthful exertion; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland Copy Share Image
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown. — Gordon Lightfoot 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
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 essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever… — Seth Godin 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
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
The judgement makes no sense at all. It exposes the country, Turkey, to ridicule. It would have been so much better if… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“You mean like in Archon? For the C64?" "Um. Right." Lisa scowled even a little more. A bearded guy at the back… — Austin Grossman 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
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the… — Ambrose Bierce 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
A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
From Shane's Point of View: Jester talking to Shane: "What's the matter? You afraid you'd bite your skinny little girlfriend?" Jester laughed.… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Few, as I have said, are the humorists who can induce this state. To master and dissolve us, to give us the… — Max Beerbohm 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
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,… — Dick Cavett 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
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
Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does… — Lisa Kleypas 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
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
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