Burlesque Quotes

It is a sin to be a mocker.

— William Shakespeare

I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.

— Alex Colville

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Years ago, we used to take burlesque classes as a hobby.

— Stassi Schroeder

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is going to cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show.

— Foghorn Leghorn

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

— Christina Aguilera

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

— Esme Bianco

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

— Anonymous

I love burlesque. I'm a decent aerialist. I think I set myself apart visually.

— Violet Chachki

Heroics that don't come off are the very essence of burlesque.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

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

— Mickey Rooney

I'm very much inspired by drag and burlesque. I love burlesque outfits because they're so dramatic and pretty and sparkly and intricate.

— Chappell Roan

My solo show, 'A Lot More Me,' is part drag show, part burlesque show, part circus show, and part fashion show.

— Violet Chachki

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

— Christina Aguilera

Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets…

— Martin Mull

Burlesque is beautiful: It's art, it's fun, it's done with a lot of comedy - an awful lot of big wink-wink and…

— Imelda May

I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called…

— Steve Antin

Every one of my products - my lingerie, my perfume, and everything that I do beauty-related with regard to building my burlesque…

— Dita Von Teese

I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it…

— Steve Antin

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your…

— Carmen Electra

I used to go-go dance and set G-strings on fire, stuff like that. I've changed my act a little now but it's…

— Lady Gaga

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

— Conchita Wurst

Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted…

— Karen Abbott

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

— Carol Strickland

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

— Dita Von Teese

In the drag community it's mostly women in the audience, even for burlesque. I think people look at strippping as a male…

— Violet Chachki

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

— Elia Suleiman

There have been a lot of roles and scripts that have come my way but nothing that really inspired me or intrigued…

— Christina Aguilera

I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had…

— Daniel Handler

I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a…

— Christina Aguilera

The history of all Magazines shows plainly that those which have attained celebrity were indebted for it to articles similar in natureto…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I want to be a successful trans woman burlesque performer.

— Carmen Carrera

Bip is the romantic and burlesque hero for our time. Bip is a modern-day Don Quixote.

— Marcel Marceau

When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make…

— Dita Von Teese

You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.

— Alan Alda

“Would you believe I devise my entire show based upon a single one of these jewels? It's true I choose a color…

— Dita Von Teese

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing…

— Steve Antin

Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny…

— Johnny Carson

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

— Dawn Powell