It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.
I went on the 'Letterman' show the first time to plug something, and then I came back as the Fool, the court jester.
The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.
I have immigrant, African parents. They would say, in their Nigerian accents, 'So you want to be a jester?' And I was like, 'I don't want to be a court jester, Ma. I want to be a comedian.'
I would have liked to be Birbal in Akbar's court, but a court jester also suits me just fine.
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind.
I consider myself a court jester - motivator.
My father was a small claims court jester.
How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!
ESPN takes itself very seriously, but for some reason, I'm allowed to be the court jester.
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.
It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the same thing.
People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.
If there is any truth to the old proverb that "one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client," the Court now bestows a constitutional right on one to make a fool of himself.