Quotes about dance

Sandy Oshiro Rosen - Bare: The Misplaced Art of Grieving and Dancing

Community is about sharing my life about allowing the chaos of another’s circumstances to infringe on mine about permitting myself to be known without constraint about resigning myself to needing others.

Brandon Flowers -

Dance music cannot compete with a really great rock n' roll song. There ain't no DJ that's gonna play something that can take 'Mr Brightside' or 'Don't Look Back In Anger.'

Carl Sandburg -

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Ezra Pound -

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.

Junot Diaz -

Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some of my favorites, Gina Franco and Angela Shaw and Cornelius Eady and Kevin Young, remind me daily that unless the words sing and dance, what's the use of putting them down on paper.

Simon Fowler -

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.

Chris Colfer -

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

Brian J. White -

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.

Maxim Knight -

Ever since I was 2 or 3, I loved to perform for people. I would walk up to another table in a restaurant and crack a joke, sing a song, do a dance, or something entertaining, and the 'audience' would almost always smile and laugh.

Norman Cook -

I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them.

Lindsey Stirling -

I played the violin my whole life. I wanted to play from the time I was just a little kid, and I've always loved dance as well. I wanted to make people smile. I wanted to add an extra energy to my playing and make it visual and make it unique and fun.

Bernard Edwards -

Y'know, smile, dance, get crazy... we sure do while we're making it, because music is our leeezshure; it's my fun.

Pat Paulsen -

I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

Gary Paulsen -

I'm a teller of stories. I put bloody skins on my back and dance around the fire, and I say what the hunt was like. It's not erudite; it's not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker, and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.

Patrick Swayze -

I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.

Yami Gautam -

I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.

Disha Patani -

We've all tried to bunk our gym session or dance class. A single routine can get monotonous. That's why I have decided to make my fitness regime fun by incorporating different workouts into my schedule. From dancing to yoga, I plan to keep it as interesting as possible so I'm never bored of working out.

Carrie Ann Inaba -

I do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people there - everyone from stay-at-home moms and professional martial artists to teenagers and seniors. They play great dance music. When I can, I take two classes back-to-back.

Bonnie Langford -

Dance never really goes away; it just reforms and reinvents, and it's become more athletic with new connection to fitness and sport. Dance used to have this exclusivity, but not any more.

Bonnie Langford -

I just have to express myself somehow, either through singing, dance or fitness. You get sick of it; you have days where you think you don't want to do it, but generally after I've done something, I feel better. That's why I do the exercise: to earn my bar of chocolate and cappuccino.

Santosh Kalwar -

Be like a branch of a tree flex your body to face 'wind of sorrow' flex little harder to dance in the 'wind of happiness'.

Alvin Ailey - Revelations

There was still no likelihood that we could make a living from dance. We were doing it because we loved it... We realized how full we felt we were surrounded by music and dancing and joy.

Vikrmn - Corpkshetra

Irony we want to dance like robots and want robots to dance like us.

Olaotan Fawehinmi - I Would Not...

It takes two to tango” one dictates the steps and the other executes them effectively. That is how a great show is made.

Mehmet Murat ildan -

The first dance is the worst dance the last dance is the best dance! All the roads of persistent practice lead to the Land of Perfection!

Paul Bamikole -

There are things that the heart thinks of that only the body understands that is why i dance.

Pablito Greco -

The Dance who can deplete it?

Hart Crane -

And I have been able to give freedom and life which was acknowledged in the ecstasy of walking hand in hand across the most beautiful bridge of the world, the cables enclosing us and pulling us upward in such a dance as I have never walked and never can walk with another.

Guy Madison -

Those are the men who will dance at your wedding.

Neil Patrick Harris -

My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.

Anton du Beke -

If I do find myself walking up the aisle and dancing at my own wedding reception, I want the first dance to be both spontaneous and dramatic.

Edgardo Osorio -

Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.

Lincoln Kirstein -

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.

Pablito Greco -

Dance fotografers/videografers (ph=f) capture a moment in movement while dancers get birth of their artscience.

Camille Paglia -

Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.

Jay Woodman -

Words to intrigue, inspire, examine, question, praise; Words to help us appreciate our world, our selves, our games; Words to dance our true soul fires gracefully free.

Rachel Cohn - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

But isn't this a dance? Isn't all of this a dance? Isn't that what we do with words? Isn't that what we do when we talk, when we spar, when we make plans or leave them to chance? Some of it's choreographed. Some of the steps have been done for ages. And the rest--the rest is spontaneous. The rest has to be decided on the floor, in the moment, before the music ends.

Sandy Oshiro Rosen - Bare: The Misplaced Art of Grieving and Dancing

An observant friend will recognize the signs of the rise of grief: eyes that easily well with tears, a smile that is difficult to sustain, a tendency to withdraw. And ultimately, perhaps we each need to create our own symbol of grieving — to wear our version of black, or maybe to color with black crayons for a while.

Courtney Milan - Unraveled

He wasn't good with this sort of thing - with the back-and-forth dance between man and woman. He wasn't even sure if they were dancing, or if she was merely being polite.

Olaotan Fawehinmi -

The 'Dance of Love' is much more of a dialogue, one takes the lead and the other follows. One dictates a step and the other carries it out. One determines the direction, the other determines the distance travelled in a given figure. One sets the pace, the other reveals the grace. One understands the language of the other and knows what is coming next. The one leading leads with love and respect; never seeing the follower as being weak or inferior. And in the same manner, the one following follow

Steve Maraboli - Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Relax. Refresh. Renew. Play. Sing. Laugh. Enjoy. Forgive. Dance. Love. Hug. Share. Kiss. Create. Explore. Hope. Listen. Dare. Trust. Dream. Learn. TODAY!

Israelmore Ayivor -

It does not matter how sweet you can sing a song of love. You must know how to dance along with it. You can't dance "salsa dance" on a "reggae song".

Crystal Woods - Write like no one is reading

(When)When you call me nugget.When you take pictures of me.When you dance.When you complement me.When you laugh.When your eyes squint as you smile.When we make love when we're sick.I fall more in love with you.

Olaotan Fawehinmi -

The 'dance of love' has different themes and moods, just like every relationship has its highs and lows. Enjoy the high moments and hang-on during the downtimes. The diverse range of emotions is the experience that builds you two. Your ability to perfectly switch between these moments and make the best out of the one you find yourself per time, proves that you are not only involved in the relationship like the chicken is in the business of making eggs but also very committed to it like the pig i

A.D. Posey -

Her words dance on the page.

Ana Claudia Antunes - ACross Tic

So the earth is shaking Here the word's faking As there's no time for lies. Kiss and dance all nights! In no need of balanceNothing makes sense Get it loose with no excuse. Shake and dance!

Todd Stocker - Refined: Turning Pain Into Purpose

Love is a Dance set on the stage of Forgiveness and Grace.

Anne Lamott - Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and you never completely get over the loss of a deeply beloved person. But this is also good news. The person lives forever, in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through, and you learn to dance with the banged-up heart.

Maitreya Rudrabhayananda -

Have you seen anybody dancing? He is totally aware of himself and dances his way in a manner as decided by his heart. Meditation is also similar to the dancer. You need not reach anyplace, you have to just delve deep in yourself to find the true self and be a Soul Searcher.

Sanober Khan -

One clear moment, one of trance One missed step, one perfect dance One missed shot, one and only chance Life is all...but one fleeting glance.

Suzy Kassem - Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

THE MOTH AND THE BUTTERFLYWhen the sun rises over the horizon,the butterfly emerges to dance in its brilliant light.It flickers its colorful wings with euphoria,To celebrate all the beauty foundin the majestic garden of life.When the moon arrives in the darkness,The moth appears at the disappearance of sunlight.It flickers its pale wings as it shakes from its deep slumber,To go search for foodTo carry it through the night.The moth prefers the moon and detests the sun,while the butterfly loves th

Jay Woodman -

The light within us dances when we smile.

Donald Miller - and Beauty on the Open Road

Life is a dance toward God, I began to think. And the dance is not so graceful as we might want. While we glide and swing out practiced sway, God crowds our feet, bumps our toes, and scuffs our shoes. So we learn to dance with the One who made us. And it is a difficult dance to learn, because its steps are foreign.

Isabelle Rowan - A Note in the Margin

Two steps forward...one step back...I've always hated that old cliche too...I believe that we should all be able to dance through life and only change the tempo now and then.

Edgar Degas -

Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance...

Martha Graham -

I never set out to create a technique. I started out on the floor to find myself, to find what the body could do, and what would give me satisfaction - emotionally, dramatically and bodily. But I did not ever dream of establishing a technique. I still can't believe anything like that happened.

Anne Lamott - Bird by Bird

You get your confidence and intuition back by trusting yourself, by being militantly on your own side. You need to trust yourself, especially on a first draft, where amid the anxiety and self-doubt, there should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

I love to dance daily.

T.F. Hodge - From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

Souls from the same star find it impossible to resist dancing to the tune of inevitability.

Roman Payne - Rooftop Soliloquy

Did I live the spring I’d sought?It’s true in joy, I walked along,took part in dance, and sang the song.and never tried to bind an hourto my borrowed garden bower;nor did I once entreata day to slumber at my feet.Yet days aren’t lulled by lyric song,like morning birds they pass along,o’er crests of trees, to none belong;o’er crests of trees of drying dew,their larking flight, my hands, eschewThus I’ll say it once and true…From all that I saw, and everywhere I wandered,I learned that time cannot

Debasish Mridha -

Life is transient and ephemeral so dance in your own way.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Life is nether food nor drink. But the faith of a dance dream.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Life is the faith of a dance dream.

Kamand Kojouri -

Do not be frightened, friend. Let us dance our way to God.

Lailah Gifty Akita -

Dancing dismiss distress.

Steve Brown - A Scandalous Freedom

The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance...and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and are in step and in line with the other soldiers. We know a dance would be more fun, but we believe we must go through hell to get to heaven, so we keep marching.

Stasia Ward Kehoe - Audition

It is strange to hear my wordsRead back to me.I don't think I wrote themTo have them ever leave the page.I think I only writeWhat happens across my brainWhen my feet are too weary To dance anymore.

Alan W. Watts -

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Isadora Duncan -

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work, and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

Rasheed Ogunlaru -

Tanacity is the dance within the art of opportunity

Hannah Fielding -

As the sun began to rise, the man reached out to the woman, and they clasped hands. He cradled her, and languidly they lifted themselves up to their feet, their bodies brushing, their eyes lost in each other's. Sensuously, deliberately, they danced, moving as though they were one, their body language smooth as their limbs carefully unfolded. They twirled and rocked, intertwined and separated, nearly leaning onto one another but barely touching, their movements sometimes tender, sometimes almost

Sarah Todd Hammer - Determination

I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.

Jennifer Starzec - Determination

People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days,' [my mom] said quietly.

Jennifer Starzec - Determination

I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.

Sarah Todd Hammer - Determination

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

Jennifer Starzec - Determination

The weekend was a much-needed breath of fresh air; Monday always seemed to not only take that breath right back, but add a few extra pounds to my shoulders as well.

Sarah Todd Hammer - and a Spinal Cord Injury

Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be phenomenal dancer even with an SCI

Lailah Gifty Akita -

If you dance daily, you shall expel any seed of distress in thy soul.

Alfa H - Abandoned Breaths

I have waltzed with wolves and howled at the moon. But my heart will always remember the slow-dance that ended much too soon.

Kathy Petrakis - Passion and Pain

All my life I've been fascinated by the precipice in all of us. When you come to it, you either choose to fall or you don’t --Alvin Ailey

Martha Graham -

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith,

Frank Beddor - Seeing Redd

Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy.

Nicole Lyons -

She will blaze through you like a gypsy wildfire. Igniting you soul and dancing in its flames. And when she is gone, the smell of her smoke will be the only thing left to soothe you.

Deepak Chopra -

Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune.

Ana Claudia Antunes - The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren't staying any younger We might as well keep it stronger.

Ana Claudia Antunes - The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.

Roman Payne - Rooftop Soliloquy

I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. 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.

Xiaolu Guo - A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Kallypso Masters - Nobody's Dream

[Darlin'] it does not surprise me that someone with as much passion as you would feel the music in your bones.

Yuki Chua -

There is a Dancer in every Woman.

Avijeet Das -

It may take us years and years to find our true calling in life. But one fine day, we eventually do find it! Till then make merry, laugh, fight, dance and enjoy the craziness...

Martha Graham -

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Dance with your rhythm.

George Bernard Shaw -

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Craig Ferguson -

If a man doesn't know how to dance he doesn't know how to make love, there I said it!

Mandy Hale - and a Dash of Sass

She hasn’t got it all figured out...far from it, in fact.But she loves God and she loves to dance…and she’s her own “Better Half.”The bravest woman I know?She is the reason I do what I do.She is The Single Woman.She’s me…and she’s you.

Wendell Berry - The Mad Farmer Poems

Dance,' they told me, and I stood still,and while I stood quiet in line at the gate of the Kingdom, I danced.'Pray,' they said, and I laughed,covering myself in the earth's brightnesses,and then stole off gray into the midst of a revel,and prayed like an orphan.

Marty Rubin -

One should dance while one still can.

Taranpreet Singh -

As much as what I can think of life, it is more of a poetic journey with emotions & experience packed up in the form of livelihood. When it starts, it brings confirmation of a new soul entering into the world. But when it ends, it takes away not just soul, but happiness of those related to that life. It’s in the middle of this journey that the best poems get their sequence of words.