“That was funny, yet sad. Kind of like getting tit-fucked by a clown.”

“A comedian goes out and hits people right on. A clown uses pathos. He can be funny, then turn right around and reach people and touch them with what life is like.”

Red Skelton (1913–1997) American comedian

“I truly believe that when you're funny, you're blessed. Your whole life is kind of golden. I was happy, although it was not perfect happiness. There was illness and sadness and death.”

Martin Short (1950) Canadian stand-up comedian

“Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown
(Oh by jingo)
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“Bodies like wrecking balls fuck, fuck with dynamite.”

St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter

“I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have.”

Ozzy Osbourne (1948) English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter

“Who the fuck are you? Get out of my house…and take that fucking bulldozer with you.”

Billy Connolly (1942) British comedian

“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.

It's really funny.”

Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”

Stephen King (1947) American author