I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up..

As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's become a family ritual..

When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish..

I never share credit or desserts..

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still….

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going..

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..

Art is the signature of civilizations..

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

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter..

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 s….

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace els….

I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores..

Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyon….

The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment..

It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them.

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype..

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

There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery..

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us..

There is no short cut to a place worth going..