Beverly Sills Quotes

When I was general director of City Opera, we were pioneers in the practice of projecting supertitles so that American audiences finally could know what all the singing was about.

Beverly Sills

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1929 - July 2, 2007

Topics

PracticeCitySingingAmericanKnow

It's not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn't sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

Jocko Willink

MorningDayBaseballFunSongYou

When I was a young guy, when I first started with G.E., Jack Welch sent us all to Japan because in those days Japan was gonna crush us. And we learned a lot about Japan when we were there. But over the subsequent 30 years, the Japanese companies all fell behind. And the reason why they fell behind is because they didn't globalize.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

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For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk.

Jean-Marie Messier

MeSkiingRiskNeedNecessity

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

Amy Tan

MotherAgeDayRememberEvery Day

Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.

Sigmar Gabriel

ChallengeCriticismPresentFinding

How I go about my work is I like to stay consistent. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I have a really good program, and I like to stick to it.

Mike Daniels

WorkGoodGoFixStayConsistent

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?

Jonathan Safran Foer

DogHappinessWhyWatchingFill

If you love the rule of law, you must love it in all of its applications. You cannot only love it when it provides the verdict you seek; you must love it when the verdict goes against you as well.

Cheryl Mills

LoveLawYouRule Of LawAgainst

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

BeautyEveryoneEverythingSees

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

Bob Schieffer

CommunityGreatServiceThinkImpact

To make films, it always begins with two words: what and how. First of all, you have to find a story, or what are you going to tell? And you have to find a way to tell it visually.

Wong Kar-wai

WordsStoryYouFindWayFirst

I think it's important for anyone who is artistic to look back on their body of work and be critical. Maybe the Beatles can look back and say everything was perfect, but we've come up with hundreds and hundreds of dishes, and anyone who is honest with themselves has to realize that every single one wasn't an absolute, unequivocal home run.

Wylie Dufresne

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