Beverly Sills

Quote: Art is the signature of civilizations. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle's light. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious! [Beverly Sills]

Quote: You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: It was a large voice, and she was a little girl. You know, we were Mutt and Jeff onstage. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: She called it a 'Hello, Dolly' ramp. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: Art is the signature of civilizations. [Beverly Sills]

Quote: I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter. [Beverly Sills]

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