Circuses Quotes
37 quotes by 29 authors
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Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.
— Juvenal
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But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses.
— William H. McRaven
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I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.
— Christopher Walken
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The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.
— Billy Barty
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... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to…
— Jerry Garcia
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Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a…
— Juvenal
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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
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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
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What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I think this can…
— Aldous Huxley
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Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt
— Juvenal
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That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no…
— E F Schumacher
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Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions,…
— Juvenal
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I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used…
— Francis Lawrence
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When I'm on stage, it's really intense. My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to remember my act, trying to say it…
— Steven Wright
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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and…
— Juvenal
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Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up…
— Suzanne Collins
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