English Comic Opera

Famous quotes containing the words english, comic and/or opera:

“The two most beautiful words in the English language are “check enclosed.””
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

“And in a comic mood
In mid-air take to bed a wife.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)

“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.

A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)