E. B. White Quotes

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

The circus is the only spectacle I know, that while you watch it, givrd the quslity of a very happy dream.

The circus is a global theme. It exists in all parts of the world - maybe not in Africa, but it exists in Asia in all parts. In Latin America, it's difficult to find a person who hasn't gone to the circus.

Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks - that's show business.

Disneyland is a show.

The circus itself is my personal ideal entertainment venue.

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

The great advantage of the circus, and the reason it is so popular, is really the ideal combination of art and sport. It's the ideal art form, in a certain way, if you want to be accessible.

I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.

I always liked circuses, so I would have enjoyed that.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

I'm all for big production - I love putting on shows.

All the world loves a clown.

This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.

I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Damn everything but the circus.

I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment.

I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.

The circus leaves a sweet memory.

The very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

There's a witch under this hair. The red lips are - I don't want to call them "armor," but they're the clothes of my character, and I'm in the business of entertainment. Wearing red lipstick helps get me into that world.

I went to a tent store. "What kind of tent do you need?" "Circus."