Top 17 Organ Grinder Quotes

#1. I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.

Aneurin Bevan

#2. In the early '90s, I wrote a play called 'Word of Mouth' in which I played a number of different characters. One was a thirteen-year-old boy who, through a series of diary entries, realizes that he's gay.

James Lecesne

#3. If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.

Thomas Beecham

#4. Fine! You guys can all be beautiful snowflakes! I'm gonna go over here and be an awkward snowflake!

Robyn Schneider

#5. Subject: Not a chance
Missy,
I accept your challenge, and may I remind you, that if you want me to leave you alone, there is that little bet we have going. Win it, and I'm gone.
Impatiently (and nakedly) yours,
Mr. Hunter Aaron Zaccadelli, esquire.
P.S. Bring it on.

Chelsea M. Cameron

#6. The more clearly we can see the walls of our life, the better. Even if it's only a psychological boundary, even if, deep down, we know that death will still enter without asking, it's comforting to pretend that we have everything under control.

Paulo Coelho

#7. Lucinda," she finally returned most cordially, "if I were to be marooned on a desert island for the remainder of my days and must needs choose between your company and that of an organ-grinder's flea-bitten monkey, I should not hesitate a moment before opting for the latter.

Kasey Michaels

#8. Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Arthur Erickson

#9. Abby pulled me closer to her. Each movement she made was further affirmation of her answer. She felt the same. She cared about me. She wanted me. I wanted to run around the block screaming in celebration, and at the same time, didn't want to move my mouth from hers.

Jamie McGuire

#10. Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston S. Churchill

#11. Almost any negative thought pattern can be broken with thoughts of gratitude. When you "think thanks," you dial into what you have instead of what you lack. The effect is immediate - you feel positive.

Tim Sanders

#12. Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.

Nancy Sinatra

#13. I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy.

Thayer David

#14. Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.

Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

#15. Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

Aneurin Bevan

#16. I cannot drug my life with the present moment;
The present moment may rape
but all in vain
The future, for the future remains a virgin
Who must be tried again.

Louis MacNeice

#17. Make sure your beliefs match who you are: love.

Renae A. Sauter

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