I am bit 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.
Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992.
-- Fred Astaire, (May 10 1899-1987), US dancer, actor; He was the leading dance star of his generation in Top Hat, 1935 and Daddy Long Legs, 1955.