Warren Opera House

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

    “The opera house sparkled with tiers
    And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,”
    —James Merrill (b. 1926)

    “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)

    “In a fiercely mourning house in a crooked year.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)