43 Carousel Quotes

Following is our list of the most famous carousel quotations and slogans. We've compiled this selection of inspirational carousel quotes. Hopefully, these carousel quotes will keep you motivated not only during hard times but to expand your carousel knowledge!

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Famous Carousel Quotes

Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All U gotta do is just stay on. — Pharrell Williams

My soul is an empty carousel at sunset. - Pablo Neruda

My soul is an empty carousel at sunset. — Pablo Neruda

Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring. — Mae West

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind. — Joni Mitchell

My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops. — Conor Oberst

I ride earth's burning carousel. Day in, day out. — Sylvia Plath

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so. — Adam Gopnik

Climb the ladder to success escalator style — The Notorious B.I.G.

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. - George Cukor

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. — George Cukor

God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next. — Carrie Underwood

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery. — Neil Diamond

The wheel is come full circle. - William Shakespeare

The wheel is come full circle. — William Shakespeare

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room. — Jay McInerney

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time. — Joe Girard

I'm building a dream with elevators in it. — Rick Ross

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More Carousel Quotes

And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game. — Joni Mitchell

Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone? — Erma Bombeck

There's a woman protecting herself from the sun with a carousel. — Mike Shannon

Little world, full of little people shouting for recognition, screaming for love, Rolling world, teeming with millions, carousel of the hungry, Is there food enough? Wheat and corn will not do. The fat are the hungriest of all, the skinny the most silent. — James Kavanaugh

I have a free couple of hours," I told him, walking toward my car, which was parked on the next block. "There's a very private, very secluded barn in Lookout Hill Park behind the carousel. I could be there in fifteen minutes." I heard the smile in his voice. "You want me bad. — Becca Fitzpatrick

The merry-go-round was running, yes, but... It was running backward. The small calliope inside the carousel machinery rattle-snapped its nervous-stallion shivering drums, clashed its harvest-moon cymbals, toothed its castanets, and throatily choked and sobbed its reeds, whistles, and baroque flutes. — Ray Bradbury

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music — John Lithgow

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute. — Augusten Burroughs

The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything. — J. D. Salinger

All I'm saying is that I understand if the novelty's worn off and you want to get off the carousel ride now before it kills you. — Jennifer Estep

Round and round will Americans be compelled to ride on a mindless, manufactured, racial carousel... for without it, the edifice of an industry built upon grievance and excuse-making is destined to collapse. — Ilana Mercer

I've been riding the carousel in Central Park since I was five years old. If I'm very depressed or if something's bothering me today, my husband, Larry, and I go back to the park. We get on the carousel horse and we start riding, and I start singing at the top of my lungs. It is pure and absolute joy and happiness. — Eda LeShan

My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared and really excited. You don't know what's coming next but you know it's going to be good. You can't handle it, go on the carousel. — Gina Gershon

Four sits down on the edge of the carousel, leaning against a plastic horse's foot. His eyes lift to the sky, where there are no stars, only a round moon peking through a thin layer of clouds. The muscles in his arms are relaxed; his hand rests on the back of his neck. He looks almost comfortable, holding that gun to his shoulder. I close my eyes briefly. Why does he distract me so easily? I need to focus. — Veronica Roth

In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature. — George Murray

With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly. — George Murray

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience. — Bernadette Peters

I laughed at the whole Cannes Film Festival thing because it didn't feel real. I remember getting off the red-eye when I arrived in France. I had a cowboy had on and some zit medicine, and there were like 15 photographers who jumped over the luggage carousel to take pictures of me. — Liv Tyler

In my mind, only one inviolable precept exists in terms of being a successful writer: you have to write. The unspoken sub-laws of that one precept are: to write, you must start writing and then finish writing. And then, most likely, start writing all over again because this writing "thing" is one long and endless ride on a really weird (but pretty awesome) carousel. Cue the calliope music. — Chuck Wendig

Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grap for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she's fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to them. — J. D. Salinger

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