“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”
As quoted in Incredible Quotations : 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion (1997) by Jacqueline Sweeney
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Famous Beverly Sills Quotes
“Art is the signature of civilizations.”
As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
As quoted in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason
“Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.”
Thomas Merton, in New Seeds of Contemplation (1961)
Misattributed
“In youth, we run into difficulties. In old age, difficulties run into us.”
Josh Billings, as quoted in Mac's Giant Book of Quips and Quotes (1983) by E. C. McKenzie
Misattributed
As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
Beverly Sills Quotes
As quoted in TIME (1983), and The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
“I needed to sing — desperately.”
Bubbles : A Self-Portrait (1976), p. 114
Context: I needed to sing — desperately. My voice poured out more easily because I was no longer singing for anyone's approval; I was beyond caring about the public's reaction, I just wanted to enjoy myself. … I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity, as a result of my childrens' problems. 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.
“I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.”
As quoted in "Caviar for Beverly Sills" in The New York Times (15 October 1984) http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/15/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-caviar-for-beverly-sills.html
Context: Why should I go when it's going so good? … I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.
Bubbles : A Self-Portrait (1976), p. 114
Context: I needed to sing — desperately. My voice poured out more easily because I was no longer singing for anyone's approval; I was beyond caring about the public's reaction, I just wanted to enjoy myself. … I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity, as a result of my childrens' problems. 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.
As quoted in Newsweek, Vol. 103, (1984), p. iv
Wayne Dyer, quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism (2002) by Gary Gach, p. 285
Misattributed
Beverly : An Autobiography (1988), p. 356
Lionel Trilling, in his introducton to Beyond Culture (1976) by Edward T. Hall
Misattributed
Franklyn Broude, as quoted in Sitting on a File Cabinet, Naked, with a Gun: True Stories of Silicon Valley (2009) by Linda McFarland, Joanne Linden and Sharon Turnoy
Misattributed
“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”
Pythagoras, as quoted in Treasury of Thought : Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors (1894) by Maturin Murray Ballou
Misattributed
Billy Graham, as quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation (2001) by Stan Campbell and James S. Bell, p. 54
Misattributed
As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399
