Circus Quotes

278 quotes by 222 authors

We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime,… — Bronagh Gallagher
OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus. — A. M. Rosenthal
What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear? — Donald Pleasence
That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst. It's… — Nigel Lythgoe
When you were a kid and the circus came to town it was awesome to see these little creatures, but these things go out of… — Zach Braff
I'd like to see animals removed from the entertainment business. Chimpanzees and apes won't perform unless you beat them. Circuses keep elephants in chains 90… — Bob Barker
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
Arakawa: I'd follow three simple rules: 1) Never go within two kilometres of circus freaks. 2) Never go near the butcher shop in Dublith. 3)… — Hiromu Arakawa
What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school.… — Micky Dolenz
Happiness is not a circus clown rolling around in a big tractor tire so that his arms and legs form 'spokes.' Happiness is when he… — Jack Handey
And so it is that we do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things,… — Malaclypse the Younger
If you're a circus clown, and you have a dog that you use in your act, I don't think it's a good idea to also… — Jack Handey
I remember how, in college, I got that part-time job as a circus clown, and how the children would laugh and laugh at me. I… — Jack Handey
Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives. — Buck Rodgers
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus. — James Maxton
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We are… — Naguib Mahfouz
Damn everything but the circus — Corita Kent
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's cause… — Savitri Devi
I was driving pretty much the way everyone drives in LA, like elephants dancing on each othersâ€™ backs at a circus. — Gary Reilly
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something… — Claude Debussy

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