Gentleman Dancing Master

Famous quotes containing the words gentleman, dancing and/or master:

    “Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.”
    —Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929)

    ““Do you like being a parent—you know, being a father, having children and all?” Linnet once asked me. “Yes,” I said, after a moment. “It’s like dancing with a partner. It takes a lot of effort to do it well. But when it’s done well it’s a beautiful thing to see.””
    —Gerald Early (20th century)

    “He may have been a master of his fate,
    And of his atoms,—ready as another
    In his emergence to exonerate
    His father and his mother;”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)