I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

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 anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.

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 had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. 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.

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

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