A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from…

— Mickey Rooney

I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I didn't have…

— George Sidney

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition…

— Dawn Powell

There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

— I. F. Stone

“The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years. "The difference is movement. On Broadway, unadorned…

— Dita Von Teese

I'd done drag since I was 14, for special occasions, and in 2010 a friend of mine with her own burlesque group was looking…

— Conchita Wurst

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent…

— Pedro Almodovar

Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque.

— Christina Aguilera

“What modern day burlesquer hasn't been influenced by Sally Rand? My own pink ostrich fans -designed by Catherine, naturally- were the largest fans on…

— Dita Von Teese

The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes simply from…

— Elia Suleiman

“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a vulgarly decorative…

— Carol Strickland

Objectivity is almost a choice you make. As a burlesque performer, I didn't choose to be objectified.

— Esme Bianco

When I was a kid at 16, sneaking into a burlesque theater in downtown Detroit was a big thrill. Today, in every hotel room…

— Wayne Dyer

It just seemed fitting to have our own lounge with our own dance review that paid homage to where The Pussycat Dolls originated, ...…

— Nicole Scherzinger