We live only to dance. If living were not an essential prerequisite, we would abstain.

To live and to laugh require a reason. But dancing is so close to one's guts that it has no reason and yet it needs none; it's physical, and as a source of good cheer it is end endless.

Dancing may not be the perfect substitute for love, human love, but it certainly requires all the time and thought and energy that could otherwise be dedicated to love.

A brand-new pair of toe shoes presents itself to us as an enemy with a will of its own that must be tamed.

A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment.

Screw the right thing to do. What do you want to do?

When you travel, there really are no mistakes--just learning opportunities.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

Any solid lighter than a fluid will, if placed in the fluid, be so far immersed that the weight of the solid will be equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. On floating bodies I, prop 5.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

The only art I'll ever study is stuff I can steal from.

We will talk about the contrast between both parties' nominees and our desire to continue to build on our success in helping people reach the middle class.

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.

I like to keep some things to myself, because its called a private life, not public.

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.