Circus Quotes

T.F. Gumby: [in Gumby mode] I'd like to meet somebody of superior intelligence!

Movie: Circus
High Court Judge #1: Ooh I've 'ad such a morning in the High court. I could stamp me little feet the way those QCs carry on.
High Court Judge #2: Don't I know it love.
High Court Judge #1: Objection 'ere, objection there. And that nice policeman giving his evidence so well, lovely speaking voice. Anyway, in the end I just banged me little gavel.
High Court Judge #2: You what love?
High Court Judge #1: I banged me gavel. Did the 'ole silence in court bit. Ooh if looks could kill that prosecuting counsel would be in for 30 years. How did your summing up go?
High Court Judge #2: I was quite pleased actually. I tried me butch voice. You know 'what the jury must understand' and I could see that foreman eying me.
High Court Judge #1: Really?
High Court Judge #2: Yes, cheeky devil!
High Court Judge #1: Was 'e the tall one with the very big...
High Court Judge #2: Anyway, I must finish. So I said 'the maximum punishment is barely suitable for their ghastly crimes' and I waggled my wig, just a little bit but it was a great effect.
High Court Judge #1: Ooh I bet it was, like that time I wore the stripy robe in the magistrate's court.

Movie: Circus
Toby Tyler: Do you swap back the ones that are bad?
Harry Tupper: Bad? I don't vend bad peanuts boy. Maybe a little underbred timewarn perhaps, but not really bad.
Toby Tyler: Tastes bad.

Movie: Circus
Toby Tyler: I got my own horse back home.
Mademoiselle Jeanette: Toby, really?
Toby Tyler: Name's Old Red, he's not really old that's just his name,
Mademoiselle Jeanette: Is he a gaited horse?
Toby Tyler: [confused] Gated?
Mademoiselle Jeanette: You know, what gait does he favor most?
Toby Tyler: Oh, I guess he favers most the gate that leads down to the pasture. Lots of sweet clover down there.
Mademoiselle Jeanette: [giggles] Toby you're joking.

Movie: Circus
Uriah Foster: I never harmed a soul. I never did anything except - except in the strictest line of duty.
Tony Gentry: Captain, the war for me has been over for a long, long time. I don't care what you did - I don't want to know. I know I sure wouldn't want to have your memories, though. But if you don't get out of this house this minute, there's a man out there goin' to come for you with every intention of spillin' those memories all over this floor.

Movie: Circus
Veronica Smalls: Hello, last week on Party Hints I showed you how to make a small plate of goulash go round 26 people, how to get the best out of your canapés, and how to unblock your loo. This week I'm going to tell you what to do if there is an armed communist uprising near your home when you're having a party. Well obviously it'll depend how far you've got with your party when the signal for Red Revolt is raised. If you're just having preliminary aperitifs - Dubonnet, a sherry or a sparkling white wine - then the guests will obviously be in a fairly formal mood and it will be difficult to tell which are the communist agitators. So the thing to do is to get some cloth and some bits of old paper, put it down on the floor, and shoot everybody. This will deal with the Red Menace on your own doorstep. If you're having canapés, as I showed you last week, or an outdoor barbecue, then the thing to do is set fire to all the houses in the street. This will stir up anti-communist hatred and your neighbours will be right with you as you organize counter-revolutionary terror. So you see, if you act promptly enough, any left-wing uprising can be dealt with by the end of the party. Bye!

Movie: Circus