The Big Apple Circus is a circus that is based in New York City. Opened in 1977, it has become a tourist attraction as well.
Famous quotes containing the words big, apple and/or circus:
“I’m headed for a land that’s far away
Beside the crystal fountains.
So come with me, we’ll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains.”
—Unknown. The Big Rock Candy Mountains (l. 5–8)
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.
“The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall.... The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn’t do if your life depended on it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)