Wavy Gravy Quotes

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life.

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.

It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.

I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.

Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.

What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases and handed them out to the crowd at the Kemper Arena. 'Nobody keeps campaign promises.' 'Nobody lowers your taxes.' 'Nobody should have that much power.' 'Nobody is in Washington working for you.'

I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

There's always a little bit of heaven, even in a disaster area.

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.

The whole earth is in jail and we're plotting this incredible jailbreak.

you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.

I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin

Well, this week for example, I was just in Los Angeles making a documentary for German television on whales. They had tried to get me in England where they missed me.

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.

We can make a difference and have fun doing it

Anywhere I hang my heart is home... it's just the closet that keeps moving.

The 90's are the 60's standing on their head.

Death was Patrick Henry's second choice.

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun.

we're all bozos on the bus, so might as well sit back and enjoy the ride.