Dance Quotes · Page 177

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker.

— Ronald Reagan

Dancing is one of the purest and simplest expressions of joy, and I feel a moral responsibility to enjoy it.

— Rick Owens

Ballet is ultimately a logical technique; it favors the shortest, most efficient route from one position into another. This factor gives an…

— Anna Paskevska

There's probably one instance I can think of when singing to a girl worked for me I've tried. As for dancing, you…

— Zac Efron

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

— Suzanne Farrell

A lovers dance is patient and kind It feeds your heart, soul and mind It brings you joy and happiness within Knowing…

— Charming Edwin

Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if…

— Grace Jones

Dancing as a thing to do is marvellous, but you've got to be bloody good at it. I was never good enough.

— Leo Sayer

I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth;…

— Rudolf Nureyev

The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It…

— Gerard van der Leeuw

She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my…

— Sherman Alexie

When I dance with him, one of my great loves, he is absolutely human, and when he turns to dip me or…

— Matthew Dickman

“all these other little ringlet-headed girls and break into a dance. Make everyone look at me, only me! But you have to…

— Rebecca Wells

When I was five years old, I told my parents that I wanted to take ballet. So, ballet was the focus of…

— Chandra West

Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don’t fall down as much, unless it’s part of the scripted dance. I don’t step on…

— Cory Monteith

I'd get out at school at 3:00 P.M., show up to dance practice at 6:30 P.M., practice for three hours till 9:00…

— Jessie Reyez

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither…

— Margaret Mead

Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always…

— Steven Morrissey

It's always wonderful when you can have safe places where you can dance with the not-so-nice you in a fun way.

— Jada Pinkett Smith

Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.'

— Christian Louboutin

Celebrate life in all its glory - challenge yourself to let the routine sing, and the new dance.

— Maximillian Degenerez

When one lifts a ballerina, it is not her weight but her nature that causes the problem.

— Maris Liepa

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

— Natalia Makarova

“I can't move. My mind's like a dance hall fire, a crowd of terrified voices all screaming instructions at once.”

— Alan Moore

“The world may be running out of water, but it isn’t running low on music. Let the dancing flow!”

— Jarod Kintz

“Like Montana Wildhack, Scott dances for a living. But it's called ballet and wardrobe is involved, so somewhow it's more acceptable.”

— Hugh Howey

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

— Agnes de Mille

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling…

— Bruno Tonioli

There's a certain tradition to the way that you behave in dance, and a certain respect that you give to your elders.

— Neve Campbell

“The dance that I wasn't going to attend in about a jillion years just turned into a make-out session with random boys…

— Adriana Trigiani

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but the living room in your fortified compound.

— Kurt Vonnegut

'Makossa' is from Africa, and it means 'dance.' It's also the name for this type of music. In my song, I decided…

— Natti Natasha

I'm not interested in fame and glory. It's just that I would like others to know what a happy dance this is.

— Frankie Manning

Let's just say my dancing skills are right below my basketball skills, which are right below my pottery skills.

— Breckin Meyer

Once when I danced on television there was no script for me. They told me, 'you know, just dance.' Well, you don't…

— Vera-Ellen

“some of the boys she went with in Baltimore were "terrible speeds" and came to dances in states of artificial stimulation;”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.

— Twyla Tharp

“I’ve never been shy about dancing. Boys who are shy about dancing look like uncoordinated morons, and girls definitely get turned off…

— Anonymous

I grew up in the '80s, when breaking was cool, and then it got corny in the '90s, and it became cool…

— Matt Besser

I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the…

— Ryan Newman