“Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.”

“An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.”

“No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”

“She sang, of course, "M'ama!" and not "he loves me," since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.”

“Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]”

“The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.”