Bayreuth Opera Quotes & Sayings

Natural man's sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself. — R.C. Sproul

A Tale of Two Kisses. To Kiss a Mockingbird. As I Lay Kissing. — Nicola Yoon

The best way to understanding is a few good examples. — Isaac Newton

God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction. — William Cowper

My mother says I was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. I love to talk. I just love to talk. — Jerry Hunt

You have that moment just before you go on - I've had it in every play - where you just kind of want to run away. There's a whole audience, and they are waiting outside, and you're like, 'Why am I doing this again? Why? Why?' — Jessica Raine

You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path. — Jhene Aiko

Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture. — Angela Merkel

If dust was present, it was hiding in fear. — Jonathan Kellerman

I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car. — Mike O'Malley

Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first. — Simon Sinek

We had no plan. No final destination in mind. We just drove faster and faster until we arrived. And when we did, all I could think of was how much fun it had been getting there. — Matthew Crow

Mercury starts barking
at a bunch of colourful parrots sitting in the bending fennel.
I let him off the leash,
and they twitter and fly away,
points
in a
moving constellation.

Dad used to say Aussie birds reminded him
of fish in the reef near his village,
Free, multicoloured, dreamlike. — Omar Musa

So, he eagerly drove from Basel to Bayreuth before the festival began to watch the last rehearsals of The Ring Cycle. As he watched, it hit him like Odin's bowel movement: the opera was shit. — Dylan Callens