Warren Opera House

Famous quotes containing the words warren, opera and/or house:

    “The hunchback on the corner, with gum and shoelaces,
    Has his own wisdom and pleasures,”
    —Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)

    “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)

    “When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
    As every child can tell,
    The House of Peers, throughout the war,
    Did nothing in particular,
    And did it very well:”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)