Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

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.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

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

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.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

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

Every one of us has been called to be an actor in the drama of life and everyone has a role to play as well.

Freedom is the right to live without fear.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.

Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the North of England.

What is right for one couple is wrong for another. I would say that there are many more important factors to a happy marriage.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!

To be loved means to be recognized as existing.

If you want to assemble the same people, then you have a big problem.