Clown Quote by Jack Handey

One day he said, "I'll tell this town How it feels to be an unfunny clown." And he told them all why he looked…

— Shel Silverstein

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very…

— Margaret Rutherford

So many things suddenly made sense for the clowns, for the whole idea. I’d been going through a struggle, particularly after 9/11; I couldn’t…

— Cindy Sherman

The Sad Clown, Love's Jester, Her fool, Winds down, Fades Away. Jokes Spent, Brunt of them all. To tired to Dance, Entertain, He turns,…

— Eric Nickel

“To give expression to humour, and write in a strain of graceful pleasantry, is the gift of great geniuses. The cleverest character in comedy…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.

— Amy Sedaris

Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.

— Mel Gussow

To my family and friends, I'm very definitely a clown. But do you know what? Doing a drama would almost seem easy because I…

— Ashley Jensen

“The way you turn a sad story around, you should be a comedian! You’re the funniest person I know.”

— Patricia Williams

The clown has great importance as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We should put the emphasis on…

— Jacques Lecoq

“I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more…

— Christopher Vogler

On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become…

— Bobby Jones