Quotes About Clowns
Clowning around for National Clown Week
August 1 to 7 is National Clown Week, which is a celebration that began with a proclamation from President Richard Nixon on August 2, 1971. For some people, clowns are a source of enjoyment and laughter. For others, they’re the thing that horror is made of. The following are quotes about clowns — the good, the bad, and the horrific.
1. “Clowns and elephants are the pegs on which the circus is hung.”
-P. T. Barnum
2. “Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.”
-John Steinbeck
3. “Be a clown, be a clown
All the world loves a clown
Show ’em tricks, tell ’em jokes
And you’ll only stop with top folks.”
-Cole Porter
4. “The child’s laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown.”
-Angela Carter
5. “The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.”
-Miguel de Cervantes
6. “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…
