The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.

Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.

I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

Dance is music made visible

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves

Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.

During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around.

He had a winning smile, but everything else was a loser.

You might be a redneck if every electrical outlet in your house is a fire hazard.

He [Donald Trump] is been bold. He's been bold on building a wall.

Hit it hard. It will land somewhere.

To be active in a church social life or church activities or even a church mission to help the hungry or reach the poor, but really our dedication has to be born out of an infatuation with Jesus.

Aging is not just decay, you know, its growth.

I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.