Dancing Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

31 Dancing Quotes
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“Come, knit hands, and beat the ground In a light fantastic round.”
John Milton Quotes
Source: Comus (l. 143)
“Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.”
John Milton Quotes
Source: L'Allegro (l. 33)
“Dancing in the chequer'd shade.”
John Milton Quotes
Source: L'Allegro (l. 96)
“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.”
John Milton Quotes
Source: L'Allegro (l. 96)
“Dear creature!--you'd swear When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round, That her steps are of light, that her home is the air, And she only par complaisance touches the ground.”
Thomas Moore Quotes
Source: Fudge Family in Paris (letter V, l. 50)
“Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.”
Alexander Pope Quotes
Source: The Dunciad (bk. IV, l. 597)