„The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?“
— Angela Carter, buch Nights at the Circus
Quelle: Nights at the Circus
„Be a clown, be a clown,
All the world loves a clown.
Act the fool, play the calf,
And you'll always have the last laugh.“
"Be A Clown" (written in 1946)
The Pirate (1948)
Übernommen aus Wikiquote. Letzte Aktualisierung 3. Juni 2021. Geschichte
Cole Porter
US-amerikanischer Komponist und Liedtexter 1891 - 1964Ähnliche Zitate
„A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.“
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
„There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns… and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)“
— D.J. MacHale, The Quillan Games
Variante: There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns... and clowns. -Bobby Pendragon
Quelle: The Quillan Games
„The child's laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown.“
— Angela Carter, buch Nights at the Circus
Quelle: Nights at the Circus
— Kate Bush British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer 1958
This was a song written for the soundtrack of The Magician of Lublin (1979), based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Kate's singing of it appears at times in the background within the film - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfbkVKmbG0
Song lyrics, Singles and rarities
„People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close.“
— Patch Adams Physician, activist, diplomat, author 1945
As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gtw5nzgYpA
Kontext: You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to allow you to do.
— Harper Lee, buch Wer die Nachtigall stört
Pt. 2, ch. 22
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Kontext: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them."
"Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."
— John S. Hall Poet, author, singer, lawyer 1960
"Leather Clown"
Lyrics, They (1988)
— Karel Appel Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet 1921 - 2006
AF, 73; p. 161
Karel Appel, a gesture of colour' (1992/2009)
— Flavor Flav American rapper 1959
Rickey Vincent, Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One (1996), p. 309.
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