“It's like if you don't go to a dance you can never be rejected but you'll never get to dance either.”

“Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”

Satchel Paige (1906–1982) American baseball player and coach; Negro Leagues

“If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.”

Iris Johansen (1938) Novelist

“If you don't go, you'll never know.”

Robert De Niro (1943) American actor, director and producer

“When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

“You look ridiculous if you dance
You look ridiculous if you don't dance
So you might as well
dance.”

Gertrude Stein book Three Lives

“That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.”

Michael Morpurgo (1943) British children's writer

“Women: you never know which side they want to dance on.”

John Updike book Rabbit at Rest

“They cut me down
And I leapt up high;
I am the life
That'll never, never die;
I'll live in you
If you'll live in me —
I am the Lord
Of the Dance, said he.”

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet