Quotes & Sayings About Fagin

I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera. — Ron Moody

CHAPTER XXV WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY — Charles Dickens

Some conjurers say that number three is the magic number, and some say number seven. It's neither my friend, neither. It's number one. (Fagin) — Charles Dickens

Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference. — Claire Fagin

A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind's relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor scavenge what they can, and whatever remains is left to rot. — Dan Fagin

Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film. — Ron Moody

You can't fix me — Garrett Leigh

The newly christened UFO made their first live appearance at Fagin'sBlues Workshop in late 1969; — Neil Daniels

Don't worry me now, Fagin!' replied the girl, raising her head languidly. 'If Bill has not done it this time, he will another. He has done many a good job for you, and will do many more when he can; and when he can't, he won't, so no more about that. — Charles Dickens

Don't believe that,' said Fagin. 'When a man's his own enemy, it's only because he's too much his own friend. — Charles Dickens

I'll give you a cake if you get him in the stream by the end of the afternoon,' Mori said to Six.

'Hold on,' Thaniel said. 'No making criminals of the orphans, Fagin.'

'But I want some cake,' Six frowned. 'And his name isn't Fagin. — Natasha Pulley

And then there is the matter of Fagin, routinely referred to as "the Jew." I needn't remind you that this was back in the day when the mere act of not being a Christian was to make one suspect, if not an outright potential criminal. These, of course, are far more enlightened times, when it is only acceptable to believe that not being a Christian is likely to mean one is a criminal only if one is a Muslim (or at least so we've been assured by people who claim to know such things), and therefore we shall refer to Fagin merely by his surname. — Peter David

It's sometimes more torment for a man, Mr. Fagin said, to consider what might have been than to live with what is. — Alice McDermott

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle. — Ron Moody

I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets. — Ron Moody

I'd wasted too much time over the past twelve months considering how bad my life could get, but as I sat alone in the deserted hospital corridor, my very worst fears had never felt more real. Pete was fighting for his life, and there was every chance he could lose. — Garrett Leigh

Every man's his own friend, my dear," replied Fagin, with his most insinuating grin. "He hasn't as good a one as himself anywhere."
Except sometimes," replied Morris Bolter, assuming the air of a man of the world. "Some people are nobody's enemies but their own, yer know."
Don't believe that!" said the Jew. "When a man's his own enemy, it's only because he's too much his own friend; not because he's careful for everybody but himself. Pooh! Pooh! There ain't such a thing in nature. — Charles Dickens

My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue. — Ron Moody

CHAPTER XLV NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION — Charles Dickens

The best patients are the worst patients. Nudge, nudge, nudge. Don't sit back and accept anything that fails to satisfy you. Speak up, protect your interests. — Claire Fagin