108 Quotes by Eugene Ormandy

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.

With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.

If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.

Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.