“A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle.”

“Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.”

“What is bigger than an elephant? But this also is become man's plaything, and a spectacle at public solemnities; and it learns to skip, dance, and kneel.”

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.”

“Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.”

“And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.”

“There's a dancing bear in Corus who's almost as shaggy as I am.”

“In general, the woman bears the small misfortunes and continued disappointments of life best, and the man bears best the great ones.”

“Cricket is an art, not a bastard or a poor relation, but a full member of the community. (…) Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belong with the theatre, ballet, opera and dance.”

“In the land of a thousand dances,
I dance with you.
I was out I was taking my chances
When dreams came true
When you came into my dream
Like from a whisper to a scream.”