8 Quotes By Beverly Sills


In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
Beverly Sills on age

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 on anger

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Beverly Sills on anger

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 on art

Art is the signature of civilizations.
Beverly Sills on art

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 on environmental

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 on god

There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.
Beverly Sills on strength