My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.

You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.

I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.

I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.

Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment.

I took it as it came and it happened to be very nice.

I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

When we learn to love unconditionally we will find endless happiness and infinite peace.

After self-love the second best gift you could ever give yourself is self-discipline.

Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.

We're trying to find areas of cooperation with Russia in the area of counterterrorism and the campaign against ISIS.

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Fun is just another word for learning.

[Taboo] has been exactly the same as working with the BBC in that creatively they do that precious thing which is to only make a comment when a comment needs to be made.

There have always been huge musicians and poets in Uruguay, but Uruguay is a well-kept secret.

Seriousness is a disease of the ego