When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.
— Turkish Proverb
Isn't it rich?
Aren't we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground.
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.
— Stephen Sondheim
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other
— Ulysses S. Grant
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
