Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Balanchine

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Henry Austin Dobson

O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle! See the couples advance - O, Love's but a dance! A whisper, a glance, "Shall we twirl down the middle?" O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle!

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

John Adams

When I was young, and addicted to reading, I had heard about dancing on the points of metaphysical needles; but, by mixing in the world, I found the points of political needles finer and sharper than the metaphysical ones.

James Howe

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.

Jon M. Chu

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.

Jon M. Chu

I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.

Luc de Clapiers

Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to meet no more, can form an idea of the world.

John Cleese

I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.

Louise Brooks

I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.

Louise Brooks

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.

Marques Houston

You know Marques Houston, you know I'm a dancer, I'm a singer, but I wouldn't want to do a movie that I'm a dancer and a singer in. I want to do movies that people can take me more seriously in as an actor, because when you're making that transition, it is tough.

Dick Vermeil

All they told us, ... is there's 2,000 people decorating the dance floor.

Brian Murphy

These fools start dancing at six, and they'll dance until you turn the music off at 2 a.m..

Maddie Ziegler

All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.

Mata Hari

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a world.

The first week, he goes down and does his dance. This Sunday, he went down and he looked back first and saw the flag, so he didn't dance. The thing that we'll all be excited about is when Dennis can get into the end zone and he can dance freely.

You can sense the energy. You can tell whether something drops or whether the dance is tight or how the team vibe is going.

Norman Mailer

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

Ellen DeGeneres

You're gonna be ok, dum de dum dum dum, just dance.

Emily Blunt

I had to learn to dance for 'The Adjustment Bureau' and it was nearly impossible. I turned up with my knees knocking in my leotard and went home and cried my eyes out.

Karolina Kurkova

I want to simply relax listening to some Jazz or dance my heart out listening to House, TripHop and all sorts of funky electronics.

It shows that except for Qwest everyone else has found a dance partner.

Dancing is something I've been doing for so long that it has become a part of me. Dance is in my heart.

Robert Gottlieb

Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.

Robert Carlyle

Dance is powerful. I need to shoulder the challenge.

Dance is like a relief. It's a place where I can sweat out my emotions.

Noel Coward

Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind.

Dance as though no one is watchingLove as though you've never been hurtSing as though no one can hear youLive as though heaven is on earth.

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And live every day as if it were your last

Bobby Pulido

Conjunto is like Texas mariachi music, ... Its the traditional and dance music of our culture.

That's the Claiborne way. That's the way it was with Mr. Prospector and Nijinsky, and that probably had a big influence on the longevity of their stallions careers. Northern Dancer wasn't a very fertile stallion, but all three of those, all of them his sons who stood here, had very long careers.

It's like having a new dance partner. It looks like MTV, and you grab its hands, but you're not sure how it's going to move yet. You have to learn what does and doesn't react.