Ray Bolger Professions : Singer Born : January 10, 1904 Died : January 15, 1987 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Ray Bolger I was brought up on the books of The Wizard of Oz and my mother told me that these were great philosophies. It was a very simple philosophy, that everybody had a heart, that everybody had a brain, that everybody had courage. These were the gifts that are given to you when you come on this earth, and if you use them properly, you reach the pot at the end of the rainbow. And that pot of gold was a home. And home isn't just a house or an abode, its people, people who love you and that you love. That's a home. Ray Bolger mother philosophy book What is dance? I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer. Ray Bolger acting dancing dance How lonely it is going to be now on the Yellow Brick Road. Ray Bolger bricks lonely yellow I just play the little guy, except I play him through dance. Ray Bolger guy play littles I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn't know how else to get off, so I danced off. I've been dancing ever since, but I'm still a comedian. Ray Bolger doing how know comedy Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors