77 Quotes by Beverly Sills

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.

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.

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.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

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.

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.