Burlesque Quotes: top 21 famous quotes about Burlesque

Burlesque Quotes & Sayings

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It is a sin to be a mocker. — William Shakespeare

My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre. — Seymour Cassel

IT's not death. It's eternal life. And you get't'be yourself. Compared to that, this world isn't but a momentary fantasy. Please don't forget that. — Haruki Murakami

Somewhere in the pain there is pleasure, and that is the most awful part, perhaps. (170) — Robert Goolrick

He's written about all the things he knows, and now he's on all the things he doesn't know. — Ernest Hemingway,

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. — I. F. Stone

The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples. — J.C. Ryle

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. — E. E. Cummings

Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque. — Christina Aguilera

There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Place thy foot upon thy slave,
Oh thou, half of hell, half of dreams;
Among the shadows, dark and grave,
Thy extended body softly gleams. — Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque. — Alan Alda

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on sixty-five. — Aretha Franklin

Every one of my products - my lingerie, my perfume, and everything that I do beauty-related with regard to building my burlesque shows - is just me. — Dita Von Teese

Heroics that don't come off are the very essence of burlesque. — Dorothy L. Sayers

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

I have also figured out that for many people death is a difficult subject, not at all as simple as it is for me. — Maija Haavisto

I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called. — Howard Dean

I don't feel I'm as good a mum as my mum was. — Tori Amos

I mainly buy books in my free time. — Wesley Snipes

Objectivity is almost a choice you make. As a burlesque performer, I didn't choose to be objectified. — Esme Bianco