Violin Quotes
236 quotes by 194 authors
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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
— Honore de Balzac
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It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs…
— Honore de Balzac
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Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't…
— Ethel Barrymore
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Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
— Jason Bateman
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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
— Victor Borge
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
— Samuel Butler
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Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if…
— Amy Chua
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Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
— Hal Linden
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To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and…
— J. B. Priestley
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A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.
— Laurie Colwin
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The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way that you would…
— Kevin Canty
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Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.
— John Townsend Trowbridge
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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.
— George Eliot
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Walter turned on the radio: electric violins wailing, twisted romance, the four-square beat of heartbreak. Trite suffering, but suffering nonetheless. The entertainment business. What voyeurs…
— Margaret Atwood
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As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark
— Peggy Fleming
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Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and soulful voice.
— Steve Lillywhite
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The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it…
— Brett Weston
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The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work in the same…
— Frank Sinatra
Who Wrote These Violin Quotes
194 authors contributed a total of 236 Violin Quotes, led by these top contributors: