Fred Astaire Quotes

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.

I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

I don't like top hats, white ties, and tails.

People think I was born in top hats and tails.

And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.

In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course

Chance is the fool's name for Fate

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

Either the camera will dance, or I will.

If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.

Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.

I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.

If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.

Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.