"Douglas Fowley — Toothless Cowboy"

"Frank Cady — Mayor James Sargent"

"This is the circus of Dr. Lao. We show you things that you don't know. Oh, we spare no pains and we spare no dough. O…"

"Every time you pick up a grain of sand you hold a universe in the palm of your hand."

"Whatever men do not understand they find unconvincing."

"Now, Mr. Cunningham, do you suppose this garrulous intruder may be a... a swindler, perhaps, an assassin, a charlatan…"

"You worry too much. You worry about how I brought my circus to Abalone with wagons. You worry about the future of you…"

"My dear lady, the role of skeptic becomes you not. There are things in the world not even the experience of a lifetim…"

"Mike, the whole world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see …"

"Chubby Johnson — Fat Cowboy"