"When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is."

-- Carlisle Floyd

#Europe Quotes #Opera Quotes #Phenomenon Quotes

“The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government...”
“Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.”

Source : Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.37, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
“Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience.”
“Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.”

Source : "Richard Perle’s Apologia" by Richard Perle’s Apologia, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2009.
“From that day to this that religion has been the greatest curse that ever afflicted the earth.”
“We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.”
“'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.”
“Do you remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine from Homer on down?”

You may also like:

Benjamin Britten
Composer
Ernst Bacon
Composer
George Frideric Handel
Composer
Gian Carlo Menotti
Composer
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Samuel Barber
Composer
William Bolcom
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer
Jake Heggie
Composer