Gentleman Dancing Master

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

    “There was a young lady of Joppa
    Who came a society cropper.
    She went to Ostend
    With a gentleman friend—
    And the rest of the story’s improper.”
    —Anonymous.

    “Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Be real and admirable, not as we know, but as you know. Able men do not care in what kind a man is able, so only that he is able. A master likes a master, and does not stipulate whether it be orator, artist, craftsman, or king.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)