Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. Erica Jong
There are so bewilderingly many laws in the Outside World. We of the circus know only one law – simple and unfailing. The Show must go on. Josephine Demott Robinson
Damn everything but the circus. Corita Kent
Circus, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool. Ambrose Bierce
There’s something of the madhouse in the circus. There’s madness in it, and terrifying experiences. Federico Fellini