John Barrymore Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"A man must pay the fiddler.
In my case it so happened that
a whole symphony orchestra
often had to be subsidized."

by:	John Barrymore (1882-1942) American actor
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Categories:	Economics, Government, Justice, Money, Responsibility
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Reader comments about this quote:

Great analogy of present day life, we are all singing to the tune of our conductors. -- Anon 1
If the orchestra is a reference to bureaucracy...they can't even hold a tune and they're nothing but parasites.... Fire The Orchestra! -- J Carlton, Calgary 1
I'm with Anon and J Carlton -- Mike, Norwalk 1
Obama and the usual suspects are fiddling away our freedoms and we are paying through the nose. He will most likely be a one termer but can we survive even one with this Marxist in the white House? -- jim k, austin 1
Yes, but how many ways are we to pay the fiddler on the same penny? -- M. Brown, Florida 1
Fiddling around is one thing but I love a symphony and I am willing to pay for it. Just paid a fortune or at least $6.00 a beer to hear classic jazz in New Orleans. You get what you pay for! -- Waffler, Smith 1
Waffler, lololol / hahahaha, a fairly accurate observation. The more despotic totalitarianism, tyranny, enslavement, etc. you pay for, the more you get (loosing inalienable rights, liberty at nature's law, etc.). Paying orchestral gods for their song of usurpation does conclude with; "You get what you pay for !" -- Mike, Norwalk 1