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title: "4 Hats Quotes By Fred Astaire"
description: "4 Hats quotes by Fred Astaire. Plus more from Fred Astaire and more Hats sayings from other authors."
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> [People think I was born in top hat and tails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/people-think-i-was-born-in-top-hat-and-tails/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/fred-astaire-13151_born_people-think-i-was-born-in-top-hat-and-t_15832.png)

> [Oh, there's no such thing as my favorite performance. I can't sit here today and look back, and say, Top Hat was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/oh-there-s-no-such-thing-as-my-favorite-performance-i-can-t-sit-here/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/fred-astaire-13151_easter_oh-there-s-no-such-thing-as-my-favorite_272187.png)

> [I don't like top hats, white ties, and tails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/i-don-t-like-top-hats-white-ties-and-tails/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/fred-astaire-13151_hats_i-don-t-like-top-hats-white-ties-and-tai_1158183.png)

> [I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/i-often-take-a-brand-new-suit-or-hat-and-throw-it-up-against-the-wall/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/fred-astaire-13151_brand-new_i-often-take-a-brand-new-suit-or-hat-and_2400003.png)

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## More by Fred Astaire

> [People think I was born in top hat and tails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/people-think-i-was-born-in-top-hat-and-tails/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [I just put my feet in the air and move them around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/i-just-put-my-feet-in-the-air-and-move-them-around/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/it-takes-time-to-get-a-dance-right-to-create-something-memorable/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [“When a clumsy cloud from here, meets a fluffy little cloud from there, he billows towards her. She scurries away, and he scuds right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/when-a-clumsy-cloud-from-here-meets-a-fluffy-little-cloud-from-there/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/there-comes-a-day-when-people-begin-to-say-why-doesn-t-that-old/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/we-attend-to-his-later-performances-as-a-dramatic-actor-with-respect/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [Oh, there's no such thing as my favorite performance. I can't sit here today and look back, and say, Top Hat was better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/oh-there-s-no-such-thing-as-my-favorite-performance-i-can-t-sit-here/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/in-dealing-with-a-girl-or-a-horse-one-lets-nature-take-its-course/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/if-it-doesn-t-look-easy-it-is-that-we-have-not-tried-hard-enough-yet/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [Slippery stages were the terror of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/slippery-stages-were-the-terror-of-my-life/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/i-just-put-my-feet-in-the-ground-and-move-them-around/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/it-s-nice-that-all-the-composers-have-said-that-nobody-interprets-a/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [I have never had anything that I can remember in the business - and that includes all the movies and the stage shows and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/i-have-never-had-anything-that-i-can-remember-in-the-business-and/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [The unpadded shoulders, the three-buttoned long and boxy coat, the too-short, thin pants, and the thin ties with striped buttoned shirts in dark colors-well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/the-unpadded-shoulders-the-three-buttoned-long-and-boxy-coat-the-too/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

> [But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-astaire/but-i-do-nothing-that-i-don-t-like-such-as-inventing-up-to-the-arty/)

[Fred Astaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-astaire/)

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