Circus Quotes

278 quotes by 222 authors

It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals… — Tippi Hedren
Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that,… — Celia Imrie
But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of… — Toby Jones
But if you're coming off ACL surgery, you don't need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It becomes a circus,… — Donovan McNabb
By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of… — William Herschel
Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus? — Sara Gruen
For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown. — Denis Lavant
When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love. — Baz Luhrmann
I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our current materialism. And I hear a fluttering of hope that… — Bill Moyers
I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it - pictures… — Norman Rockwell
When the spirit is understood, then life becomes not at all common, but a constant magical circus in which you see yourself reflected in all… — Frederick Lenz
I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in… — Josh Lieb
Damn everything but the circus! ...damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won't get into the circle, that won't… — E E Cummings
If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things. — Luis Figo
Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities… — Danielle Trussoni
Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus. — George Bernard Shaw
I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so… — Harper Lee
The States are great. I'd like to go just to see life, see things and hear people talk. It's like a circus where different acts… — Jim Capaldi
I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. — Philip Green
Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus. — Billy Corgan

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