“Social dissipation, as witnessed in the ball-room, is the abettor of pride, the instigator of jealousy, it is the sacrificial altar of health, it is the defiler of the soul, it is the avenue of lust and it is the curse of every town in America.” SoulAmericaSocialRoomsPrideBallsTownsDancingLustCurseAvenuesAltarsDissipationInstigators Author:Thomas De Witt Talmage
“But the hobbledehoy, though he blushes when women address him, and is uneasy even when he is near them, though he is not master ofhis limbs in a ball-room, and is hardly master of his tongue at any time, is the most eloquent of beings, and especially eloquent among beautiful women.” BeautifulRoomsMarriageMastersBallsTongueAddressesLimbsBeautiful WomenEloquentUneasy Author:Anthony Trollope
“Where wildness and disorder are visible in the dance, there Satan, death and all kinds of mischief are likewise upon the floor. For this reason I could wish that the dance of death were painted on the walls of all ball-rooms in order to warn the dancers, not by the levity of their deportment, to provoke the God of righteousness to visit them with a sudden judgment.” KindReasonOrderWishRoomsWallJudgmentBallsDancingAll KindsSatanVisibleDancerRighteousnessDisorderProvokingMischiefWildnessLevity Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
“I can't believe we got grades in gym class. I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in front of a room full of strangers. Based on what I learned in gym class, I will throw a red ball at a fat guy."” BelieveI CanFunnyUsedGuyRoomsClassComedyFrontsRedStandingBallsStrangerFatsGradesGymGym Class Author:Jim Gaffigan
“If you got the balls to follow something through, you can end up being the coolest, smartest guy in the room, because you've literally put your ass on the line.” IfsEndsGuyLinesRoomsBallsAss Author:Steve Coogan