I am not sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Goals, Aspirations, Motivation
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Dancing, Dance
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Manners, Funny quotes, Jobs, Childhood, Character
When you’re experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Experiment
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Age, Aging
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