Ballroom Quotes

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I love ballroom dance, my favorite style being the Argentine Tango.

— Shirley Ballas

“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

There's a lot of hope and comfort and nurturing in the ballroom scene.

— Mj Rodriguez

To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

— Lord Byron

I started out in the ballroom scene when I was fourteen years old.

— Mj Rodriguez

“Dance is the ritual of immortality.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of…

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

— Daryl Hall

Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.

— Anton du Beke

I am a ballroom dancer on WWE programming and in my personal life I am no dancer at all.

— Summer Rae

“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I've known Chicago for 50 years; we used to play shows at the Avalon Ballroom.

— Steve Miller

“The diamond chandelier casts a warm glow across the shimmering silk dresses, spinning into romantic colors. Rich bright gold, soft blush, and…

— Kiana Krystle

I definitely straddled the line and hung out with high-school dirtbags. I'd tell my parents I was spending the night at my…

— Daughn Gibson

Strictly' has evolved - there are such beautiful stories within each dance. We're not doing a ballroom and Latin competition, it's an…

— Craig Revel Horwood

It is Hillary's [Clinton] star power that radiates to every corner of the ballroom. New York bigwigs, such as financial-media impresario Michael…

— Gail Sheehy

I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the…

— Adam McKay

I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like,…

— Joey Fatone

The juke joint, the honky tonk, and the ballroom also represent one more thing, anthropologically speaking: a ceremonial context for the male-with-female-duet…

— Albert Murray

There's a lot of dancing in football. You can see Victor Cruz doing a little bit of a cha-cha or samba move…

— Emmitt Smith

Fitzgerald describes the social disillusionments and ballroom romanticism of the young people of the upper classes and the loneliness of Gatsby, who…

— James T. Farrell

“I don't want you stashing yourself away with your Smolny friends tonight," Maman said. "I want to see you dancing with lots…

— Robin Bridges

I've just become obsessed with ballroom dancing. I signed up for the introductory course, which was like a four-week thing. By the…

— David Sutcliffe

“At eighteen, Lady Joanna ben Luke had a talent for being invisible. The night of the Coronation Ball, she applied herself to…

— Staci Morrison

I tended to listen to doo-wop, but my grandmother would always have the radio on all day and she'd start with Yiddish…

— Richie Havens

We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he…

— Manning Marable

To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10…

— Misty Copeland

When the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shapes the demands of the near rich, who travel in…

— Robert H. Frank

“Civilization was a dance, and the ancient Wyr were late to the ball. They donned masks and slipped with silent predatory grace…

— Thea Harrison

“Elizabeth,” he said, trying not to laugh. “At a wedding reception, the guests cannot leave until the bride and groom retire. If…

— Judith McNaught

“He goes directly to the ballroom, making his way to the center of the dance floor. He takes Celia’s arm, spinning her…

— Erin Morgenstern

Dance... enjoy each step along the way.

— Wayne Dyer

I know I'm never going to be a professional ballroom dancer.

— Mischa Barton

No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.

— Jane Austen

Today's ballroom dances like the swim, the frug, the chicken and the monkey are really nervous disorders set to music.

— Bob Hope

“Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance”

— Shah Asad Rizvi