best quotations about
Dance |
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Quotations
 | Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 27 likes |
 | And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 9 likes |
| I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 7 likes |
 | Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 6 likes |
 | I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 6 likes |
 | In order to understand the dance you must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness you must dance. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 6 likes |
| We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust… The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 6 likes |
| We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 5 likes |
 | A sense of humor is just common sense dancing. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 4 likes |
| We rarely hear the inward music, but we’re all dancing to it nevertheless. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 4 likes |
 | At the still point, there the dance is. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 3 likes |
| Dance where you can break yourself up to pieces and totally abandon your worldly passions. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 3 likes |
 | Did I want to dance? Of course I did and that's not all. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 1 likes |
 | It's better to dance than to march through life. — Yoko Ono, 1935-, Japanese artist 1 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | Nobody dances sober, unless maybe he is insane. Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanus. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 52 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance — Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | If you keep groaning, please do it to a rhythm I can dance to. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | We are a pair of greyheads, but still we must dance. Πολιά ξυνωρίς, αλλ’ όμως χορευτέον. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Bacchae 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | You know, when you make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with ’em. — from the film Saturday Night Fever (1977) 5 likes |
