Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sillswas an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth25 May 1929
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Beverly Sills quotes about
beautiful meaningful drama
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.
love spiritual attachment
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
inspirational positive success
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
jeff large
It was a large voice, and she was a little girl. You know, we were Mutt and Jeff onstage.
positive determination hard-work
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
inspirational art acceptance
Art is the signature of civilizations.
feel-better maturity giving
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not -more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.
brother men desire
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.
shortcuts
There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.
happiness inner-peace cheerful
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.
success acceptance past
I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.
inspirational strength being-strong
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
dine-in might garbage
I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.
believe people matter
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.