The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court. — Joseph Wood Krutch 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
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
I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this. — Thomas J. Grasso 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
“To defeat your adversary and bury him is one thing. To dress him in a jester's costume and have him perform for… — Matthew d'Ancona Copy Share Image
In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said… — Walter Scott 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'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
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
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
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest… — Marcus Tullius Cicero 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
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
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
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
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
“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
As for the petty little world of journalism, the media demonstrates how it, more than anyone, is careful to traffic only in… — Robert Faurisson Copy Share Image
“The jester walked in the garden: The garden had fallen still; He bade his soul rise upward And stand on her window-sill.… — W.B. Yeats 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
“You should have been a jester instead of a knight. (Sin) True, but jesters don’t get to carry a sword. Personally, I… — Kinley MacGregor 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
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
JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The clown figure has had so many meanings in different times and cultures. The jolly, well-loved joker familiar to most people is… — Thomas Ligotti 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
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
“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
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