Circus Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Circus.
Top Quotes
“Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.”
“Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.”
“If we wanted applause, we would have joined the circus.”
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“Wikipedia: Circus”
“Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit.”
“Circus, n. A place where horses,ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.”
“The circus collects the outsiders like a flame tempts moths.”
“In 1924, J.W. Bancker's was the first American to use the word "circus" in the title of his troupe, J.W.Bancker's New York Circus.”
“I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.”
“The circus had been unlike anything I could ever imagine and I could not walk away. I wanted to be a part of the magic, create it and wield it with such skill that it looked effortless. I wanted to fly.”
“Take a look at those clowns
And the tricks that they play
In the circus of life
Life is bitter and gay:There are clowns in the night
Clowns everywhere
See how they run
Run from despair”
“Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.”
“What's this? he inquired, none too pleasantly. A circus?
No, Julius. It's the end of the circus.
I see. And these are the clowns?
Foaly's head poked through the doorway.
Pardon me for interrupting your extended circus metaphor, but what the hell is that?”
“How many of these children would one day be queer? How many would be felled by the acronym? How many by something else? How many would forget the circus? How many would never see it at all? How many would join?””
“Public entertainment was a very important aspect in Roman life, both in the city and provinces. Juvenal went as far to say that all the Roman public was interested in was panem et circenses (bread and circuses).”
“Life is a great big beautiful three-ring circus. There are those on the floor making their lives among the heads of lions and hoops of fire, and those in the stands, complacent and wowed, their mouths stuffed with popcorn.”
“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”
“The three main types of entertainment venues at the ludi were the circuses, the amphitheaters, and the theater performances. All performances were completely spectacular for their t ime and would still be greatly impressive today.”