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Scary Quotes - Page 17

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

Douglas Coupland (2008). “JPod”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Stand-up is a very scary, very solitary profession, but you have to experience it to figure out if it's right for you.

"Comedy: The blunt Doug Benson". Interview with Brent Owen, www.leoweekly.com. August 28, 2013.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.

Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.159, Transaction Publishers