Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. Source Unknown, You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself…I never have; I never will. O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you. Alvin Ailey, Dance is joy. ~Dave Sokolowski If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of the sun… let each of us be an Artemis, Odysseus, or Zeus… Aphrodite to the extent of the will of each one. I believe that we learn by practice. I am a dancer. George Balanchine, Dancers are the messengers of the gods. “People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. Curt Sachs, The dance world is too small in lots of ways – it’s too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas. “Dance is a great way to express yourself.” – Darcey Bussell, 86. “Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” -George Carlin, “We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” -Japanese proverb, “You have to love dancing to stick to it. Mr. Miyagi, The Next Karate Kid, Nice men marry dancers. When you extend your arm, it doesn’t stop at the end of your fingers, because you’re dancing bigger than that – your dancing spirit. Frankie Manning, When you are on stage you don’t see faces. Maurya Kerr, Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. Ted Shawn, Dance is the song of the body. You may not become financially successful or publicly celebrated, but that is not always the true measure of success. But my parents just say their prayers because they got used to it. Hans Bos, Why walk when you can dance? We had all failed to understand. – Satchel Paige, “Life is like dancing. Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? Except that in a fight, one must take the unexpected step. “If a man doesn’t know how to dance he doesn’t know how to make love, there I said it!” – Craig Ferguson, 39. ~George Balanchine Alonzo King, So many dancers leave me untouched, unmoved. Peter Anastos, It’s a wonderful thing to be able to dance, tell your body what you want it to do. Other dance quotes from our vast collection have been from philosophers, historians and writers like Plato, Abraham Lincoln, Confucius and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche from many, generations ago. Howard Thurston, Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music. Think bigger than that. Jacques d’Amboise, Even if you weren’t born with a genetically perfect body, you can take something like a hand, where everyone has the same capabilities, and you can make it speak. When you do a difficult variation, the audience is aware that it is demanding and that you have the power and strength to do it. ~Author Unknown “Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.” – Martha Graham, 7. George Balanchine, Follow your passion. “Dance, when you’re broken open. ~Alice Walker It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life. You can teach an elephant to dance, but the likelihood of its stepping on your toes is very high. Suzanne Farrell, Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Merce Cunningham, And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. Dance first. If not, no matter. Hindu proverb, He who dances without leading is merely making the girl mad.