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Quotations - Famous sayings by and about clowns |
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| "God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being". -Red Skelton "I was always somewhat calloused about broadcasting, but this Circus is the doggonedest phenomenon I have ever seen. There's always the satisfaction that you have done something for somebody that goes beyond the commercial aspects of the show. I love my work and enjoy making children laugh. Laughter cannot be imitated. It comes from the heart." "Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere." "Clowns and elephants are the pegs on which the circus is hung" "I don't want to be called 'the greatest' or 'one of the greatest'; let other guys claim to be the best. I just want to be known as a clown because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything-sing, dance, and above all, make people laugh." "Who are a little wise the best fools be." "A witty saying proves nothing." "Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words to shock people." "I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. " "These Macedonians," said he, "are a rude and clownish people, that call a spade a spade." "Mom used to say I didn't run away from home my destiny just caught up with me at an early age." "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." Reflecting on his life: "I'd have avoided some of the pain if I could. Anyone would. But I wouldn't have missed knowing any of the people -- even the ones whose leaving hurt most. In fact, the only thing I'm sorry about is that I didn't meet one particular guy, a clown named Joe Skelton. You know, he sure picked the right profession. I mean, a clown's got it all. He never has to hold back: He can do as he pleases. The mouth and the eyes are painted on. So if you wanta cry, you can go right ahead. The make up won't smear. You'll still be smiling. . . ." Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now; your gambols, your songs? Your lashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. 'T is an old maxim in the schools, Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. "Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast." "You've got to realize that when all goes well, and everything is beautiful, you have no comedy. It's when somebody steps on the bride's train, or belches during the ceremony that you've got comedy!" "I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable." "To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it!" "The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that's laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." The art of the clown is more profound than we think. … It is the comic mirror of tragedy, and the tragic mirror of comedy The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than the arrival of twenty asses laden with drugs. A clown sees life simply, without complications. "I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician." The genius of clowning is transforming the little, everyday annoyances, not only overcoming, but actually transforming them into something strange and terrific… it is the power to extract mirth for millions out of nothing and less than nothing. By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves and realizing they have done this, gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life For several years now, the clown has taken on great importance… as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We [should] put the emphasis on the rediscovery of our own individual clown, the one that has grown-up within us and which society does not allow us to express. People tell me they feel so much more available to life once they learn how to clown around. That's what being a clown is about… it's about touching your soul and finally giving it room to laugh. "Better a witty fool then a foolish wit." It is meat and drink to me to see a clown. There is no better role to play among the great than that of jester. When the heroes go off stage, the clowns come on. The highest of renown A smile is the light Act the fool, play the calf, and you'll always have the last laugh. "anyone who can make people laugh has the greatest gift God can give a man." I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car. "Humor - The sunshine of the mind.” “Good-humor makes all things tolerable.” “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." “Good –humor is goodness and wisdom combined.” “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs — jolted by every pebble in the road.” “Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.” “Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.” "You grow up the day you have the first real laugh ... at yourself." “Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.” “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” "It is better to laugh about your problems than to cry about them." "The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused." - “The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.” "What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . . . form of jogging for the innards, but that it creates a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work, too." “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” "If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." "Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects." "I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'." "There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement." "Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you have paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he to some extent likes you. " "A Clown is an angel with a red nose." "We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can." "Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marble." "The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it, and it is a jolly kind companion." "We don't stop laughing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop laughing." "Every human being is a clown but only few have the courage to show it." "The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour." "Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp." "Everyone who goes to a job he doesn't like is a lot weirder than I am." “The big advantage of visiting [a hospital] as a clown, is that kids are very suspicious of adults. Adults usually come in with long needles and bad news. When you go in as a clown, there’s an immediate trust. Immediately the fear is gone." "I am an artist and each child is my canvas. I create dynamic works using shades of laughter, self esteem and individual achievement. If I fail to reach a single heart; if I ignore a single reaching hand or hopeful smile, a child's self esteem may suffer. God gave me this gift of laughter that I might make each child I meet feel a little more special." "God has a smile on His face." Psalm 42:5 "I commend mirth." Ecclesiastes 8:15 "Let your heart by merry." Judges 19:6 "The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed." Bennett Cerf "Does God have a sense of humor? He must have if He created us." "Humor is like food. You have to have it every day." "A good laugh heals a lot of hurts." "Grim care, moroseness, anxiety—all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God's medicine." "Love may make the world go around, but laughter keeps us from getting dizzy." "We need laughter very, very badly. Especially in this country. We have so much news being thrown at us. We need something to say, "Hey, wait a minute, let's hold on here. There's a life, you know, to live and to be enjoyed." "When you laugh, you get a glimpse of God." "True humor springs more from the heart than from the head; it is not contempt, its essence is love." "Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast." "He that is of a merry heart has a continual feast." "I see humor as food. An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person." "Jesters do often prove prophets." "I've seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful." "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." "Humor is the foundation of reconciliation." "Laughter is the best medicine in the world." "Become a child again. Laugh!" "Humor is something that strives between a person's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth." "Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously." |
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