Famous Quotes & Sayings

Twyla Tharp

I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.'

Ryne Sandberg

I got to see him when I got inducted into the Hall of Fame last July and he sang a song for my wife and myself that we danced to. He was just a big part of my experience with the Hall of Fame last July.

Emmanuelle Beart

I have never had so much fun as in Montreal. I taught the kids French, I baby-sat, I went to school, I was a receptionist at a hairdresser's, I danced and drank all night. I found that the more you do, the more you have time to do... it's weird, non?

Andie MacDowell

She was amazing, ... Much better than I'd have been at 13. She danced and sang up a storm. I could never have done that.

Jessi Colter

Shooter has always had his own style, from dressing to playing. He's always danced to a different tune. There are times that I worry about him, because I know the weight of that burden.

Chet Faker

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

Patricia McBride

I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.

Tina Majorino

OK, I love 'The King and I.' I'm a huge Yul Brynner fan. I love the scene where they danced after the big banquet; that's one of my favorite scenes in a movie of all time. It's romantic and sweet and wonderful.

Tom Holland

When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good exercise.

Italo Calvino

I think today that politics registers very late things which society manifests through other channels, and I feel that often politics distorts and mystifies reality.

Italo Calvino

I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon.

Kumail Nanjiani

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it.

Albert Schweitzer

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice

John Philbrook

Man-hours, especially in the last two quarters, have jumped dramatically. Our position has always been to have enough work here so we don't have to travel to find work. Well, we are in that situation now.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Denny Leathers

Lucas did a nice job. He started out not looking so good, but got stronger and stronger. He got most of his strikeouts late in the game.

John Gordon

Make sure you smile and laugh tonight because that's what Kirby would want, and that's why we loved him.

Michael Long

Macquarie is stalling for time. There's always the opportunity to raise the offer later on.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Calvin Klein

I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?