Famous Quotes & Sayings

Agnes de Mille

To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.

Agnes de Mille

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Agnes de Mille

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

Agnes de Mille

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.

Agnes de Mille

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

Agnes de Mille

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.

Agnes de Mille

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Agnes de Mille

When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.

Agnes de Mille

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

Tom Rath

We know how to do this... there's kind of an elegant dance, as they say.

Andy Hilfiger

We've updated the show, ... There is a lot more of Jennifer singing and dancing.

Suzanne Farrell

I was grateful that I had dancing to fall back on. It was my survival tactic. It was my friend. It was always there.

Joni Mitchell

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels/ The dizzy dancing way you feel/ As every fairy tale comes real/ I've looked at love that way.

Margot Wallstrom

Negotiation seems like dancing the Tango, two steps forward, two steps back and suddenly three surprising steps forward,

Lindsay Filoseta

I can't even remember when I started. Since I could walk, I've been dancing.

Richard Kerr

I forgot how much fun dancing was. It reminded me of a middle school dance. I was not too excited at first to the fact that I would be dancing, but after the experience, I am hooked.

Nick Rodriguez

We're not known for our dancing. At first it was difficult, we didn't know if we could handle it, but now it's amazing.

Dave Band

We've danced in the risk of each other. Would you like to dance around the world with me?

Eli Roth

I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.

Ben Bradlee

You never monkey with the truth.

Bob Dylan

Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.

Mario Maddy

We've taken the monkey off our back. Now, Sandpoint is beatable.

Steven Moffett

Finally, that big monkey is off our backs,

Jamee Juarez

(Hitting) is very contagious. It's kind of like monkey see, monkey do.

Alan Garner

When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.

Tom Fleming

I thought it was the right decision. It's a monkey off our backs.

Albert Einstein

But then, after all, we are all alike, for we are all derived from the monkey.

David Sedaris

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.

Caroline Flint

I have read some of [the Lisbon Treaty] but not all of it.

Jane Austen

I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.

Bill O'Reilly

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.

Charles Manson

I treat everyone just like I would myself. If you treat me right, I'll treat you right.

Diana Wynne Jones

One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.

Scott Andreassi

She was treated no differently than any other individual.

Austin Butler

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

Sofia Boutella

Working with Madonna, she always told me the meaning behind the steps and why I was doing these steps - she treated us like actors. So I feel like I've always been an actor, truly.