Emmett Kelly Quotes

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'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.

- Emmett Kelly

Cards, Against, Very, Stacked

By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.

- Emmett Kelly

Audience, Back, Going, Realizing

I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafayette about 25 years ago and my sister lives here now, I always claim it as home.

- Emmett Kelly

Here, Always, Lives, Claim

Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.

- Emmett Kelly

Everybody, Incongruity, Ingredients

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

- Emmett Kelly

Character, Makeup, Believes, Clown

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