Quote by Fred Willard

I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

— Ford Frick

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

What's an opera if everyone is dead in it?

— Hugh Griffith

The more opera is dead, the more it flourishes.

— Slavoj Žižek

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino

I'd always had this hankering to try some opera.

— Michael Ball

Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're…

— Charles Nelson Reilly

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Robert Burns

The only thing worse than opera is someone who hums along with opera.

— Josh Lanyon

Opera is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life.

— Mark Getty