Clowns Quotes

“Ah, he said, any sufficiently advanced alien technology would seem like magic to us. Kinda like showing a caveman an iPhone.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Gandhi was a threat,” Grock says. “They were afraid of him. But think about what they feared. They weren’t afraid of violence or war. They were afraid of peace.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Yep. It sucks, doesn’t it? You live your whole life trying to do the right thing—only you’re a rat caught in a maze.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“They can’t bring themselves to call us Homo sapiens, the wisest of the hominids, and with all I’ve seen, I can’t blame them.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Our phones, our computers, our televisions, not to mention our religions, our politics, our sports, our music, and our shiny shopping malls—they’re all placebos. They make us feel better, but they’re hollow and empty. They’re substitutes for the mundane hum of reality.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Ah, I think I’d do better than a chimp at First Contact.” “You might, but everyone else out there? Not a chance. Most people don’t think. They react. And just like a chimpanzee, they’re going to throw shit at anything that scares them!”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“And we’re selfish. Even with the advent of science, we revert to our default behaviors time and time again. Fear is more compelling than facts. And the facts never tell the whole story. To them, we’re hairless chimps playing dress-up.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“We’re animals. First Contact is no more realistic for us than it is for a bunch of chimps. We think we’re smart. We think we’re logical. We’re not. We’re driven by emotion. We confuse instinct with reason. Most of our so-called reasoning is nothing more than justifying our instincts, regardless of how wacky and fucked up they may be. And we don’t see it. We’re blind to it!”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“You have no idea how barbaric and behind-the-times we are. We think we’re civilized. We think we’re intelligent. We tell ourselves we’re looking for intelligent life out there in space, but we don’t stop to think about how little of it there is back here. These guys? They’re not fooled. We can lie to ourselves all we want. We can blow our own horn and puff out our chests. We can stroke our egos all day long. These guys simply do—not—care! They see us for what we are.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“We’re obsessed about intelligent life in outer space, but we portray aliens as the enemy. We’re paranoid. The aliens of our movies are as ruthless as a crocodile or a Great White Shark. We make them out to be space Nazis. They’re going to steal our resources. They want to destroy us. And you expect these guys to just drop by the White House and say hello? How do you think that’s going to play out?”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“It doesn’t matter how beautiful you think you are. It doesn’t matter if you’re Brad Pitt or Taylor Swift. Your toes are an abomination unto the Lord.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“That’s it,” Olivia says, raising a triumphant finger. “Just ask me, and I’ll tell you the truth about quantum mechanics.” “That’s not how it works,” Breezy says. “First, you have to know something about quantum mechanics.” “Ohhhh,” Olivia says, disappointed in herself.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“This world belongs to all of us, but tomorrow belongs to the youth of today, not the older generations. They’ve had their time in the sun. They’ve forgotten how once they protested in the streets. The temptation is to spit on those that want a better future because today is just fine—for them, at least. Change, Olivia. Never underestimate the importance of change. It’s all that separates us from the Stone Age.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“To catch a fish, you must bait the hook,” he says, “but it’s not the bait that’s the problem—it’s the hook hidden from sight. Tell someone their freedoms are under threat or that their rights are at stake, and you’ll get their blood boiling. That’s the bait. It’s what draws them in. But it’s the hook that’s the problem, not the bait. They bite on conspiracy and lose what little freedom they have. They surrender their reason to the herd. No crowd is formed from individuals—only clones.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“We flatter ourselves,” Buster says. “We like to think of ourselves as an intelligent species, but we’re not. We’re emotional. Pride is more important than reason. Anger shapes our logic.” “We really are selfish,” she”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Humans are lumps of coal being shoved into the furnace that is capitalism.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“I want answers,” Breezy says. “I’ve given you answers,” the clown says. “But you don’t want to hear how your world is fueled by vanity.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“What do you want? Manicured lawns! White picket fences! An old colonial home in the suburbs! A job in a skyscraper, any skyscraper will do, it doesn’t matter so long as it has a view of the next concrete monstrosity! A nice, shiny new car! A steady job with health insurance! Don’t you see? It’s all a distraction. It keeps you busy. It keeps you from thinking, from seeing reality. Oh, everyone wants that lifestyle, only there’s no style at all. It’s a lie. You’re living in The Spectacle!”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“You think this is a circus? The real clowns are out there on Capitol Hill and over in the White House. Those that wear their neatly pressed suits and sit in their fancy swiveling chairs behind solid oak desks—they think they’re in command of this world. They’re not. They make fools of us all.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Then what does it matter? Call me Jane Doe if it helps.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“In a crisis, not everyone’s a bad guy.”
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“All situational awareness is gone. That she’s even aware of that lack is sad. It’s only now that she realizes how her job has molded her, shaping her personality and thinking processes. Forget taking a bullet for the President—this is the real sacrifice.”
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“Homeless folk aren’t demons. They’re inconvenient. They’re an embarrassment. Not to her. To society. To a society that’s failed them. Like the cars driving past, tossing trash out the window, it’s too easy to ignore them.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“You heard what they wanted you to hear. That’s the oldest trick in the book. If you can’t counteract an argument, discredit it. It’s lazy rather than logical, but it works.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“You’re an American. You see yourself in the mirror and no one else. And this is the problem. If you were born in Ethiopia or Afghanistan, you’d still be you, you’d still have the same conscious awareness, but you’d see the world in a different light.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“As wonderful as this view is, it exists only behind your eyes. Oh, the buildings are real. The roads and bridges are all there, along with the parks and monuments, but this….” He shakes his finger at the distant city. “This view only exists because you’re standing here now! Stand anywhere else and you’ll see something different. You’re framing reality. Your position in life determines what you see.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Everyone’s self-centered,” Buster replies. “But that doesn’t mean everyone’s selfish. We’re all stuck in one place, looking at one moment in time. We all need to see the big picture.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“men who hit women are cowards. Draw a little blood in reply, and they’ll curse and swear and sulk away, throwing around hollow threats and lame insults.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Oh, not all the details, not Connor jerking off in the bathroom, but he knew he could provoke a response and catch it on camera.”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns

“Buster flexes his bum cheeks,”
― Peter Cawdron, Clowns