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The Circus
«Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising»
Author: Edgar Watson Howe
(Editor, Essayist, Novelist)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
advertising, a good deal, circus, circuses, good deal, represented, The Circus
«Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show. The colorful circus and the clowns and the elephants, for all intents and purposes, are gone, and we're dealing only with the freaks.»
Author: Jonathan Winters
(Actor, Comedian)
| Keywords:
circus, circuses, clowns, colorful, dealing, elephants, for all intents and purposes, freaks, freak show, intents, movies, sideshow, television show, television shows, The Circus, to all intents and purposes
«The most hazardous part of our expedition to Africa was crossing Piccadilly Circus.»
Author: Joseph Thomson
| Keywords:
Africa, circus, crossing, expedition, expeditions, hazardous, The Circus
«Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit»
Author: Kin Hubbard
(Humorist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Christmas, circus, circuses, packs, quicker, The Circus
«The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who has seen a circus parade knows, proceeds best by grasping the tail of its predecessor.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Animals
| Keywords:
circus, elephant, ivory, parade, predecessor, proceeds, The Circus, The Elephant, thick, thick skin
«CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
circus, circuses, elephants, Elephant Man, horses, permitted, ponies, pony, The Circus, The Elephant Man, The Fool
«Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.»
Author: Erica Jong
| Keywords:
bullfight, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholic churches, circus, circuses, Hollywood, Italy, Spain, The Catholic, The Circus
«These images in vivid and violent tones have resulted from crystallization of memories of the circus, popular tales or travel.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| Keywords:
circus, crystallization, resulted, tales, The Circus, tones, vivid
«Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Democracy
| Keywords:
cage, circus, monkey, The Circus, The Monkey