Rachel Shenton

Dad could speak with a strong voice. And luckily, he was very good at lip-reading, so he was able to disguise his deafness well. He tried various hearing aids but would find them fiddly and uncomfortable, and worse, they often made horrible high-pitched noises.

British Actress

Paul W. S. Anderson

I can't remember who said, 'No film is completed, just abandoned,' but I think most filmmakers will tell you that they could endlessly fiddle with their films for the next couple of decades, you know, changing things, altering things.

English Director

Kyle Lowry

I don't mind being a second fiddle. I don't mind that. I don't care whatever happens, whatever helps my team get a championship is what I want to do. Whatever helps my team win is what I want to do.

American Athlete

Barbara Corcoran

When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.

American Businesswoman

Edward Lear

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.

English Artist

Dolly Parton

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

American Singer

Robin Williams

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

American Comedian

Jack Markell

My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.

American Politician

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

American Philosopher

Johnny Gimble

I still play the fiddle every day. I'm afraid if I don't, it won't know who I am.

American Musician

The word 'fiddle' often relates to folk or traditional music rather than classical.

Traditional Music

Used informally, 'fiddle' suggests a casual approach compared to 'violin'.

Informal Term

'Fiddle' can evoke images of community gatherings or informal music settings.

Cultural Connection

To 'fiddle with' something can imply nervousness or impatience.

Restless Behavior

Fiddling can suggest a lack of focus or a way to pass time.

Unfocused Activity

When 'fiddle' is used financially, it often implies illegal manipulation.

Illicit Implication

Describes dishonest activities, especially within businesses or finance.

Deceptive Practice

Suggests doing small, unimportant tasks to pass time without a goal.

Killing Time

Implies putting off important tasks by focusing on trivial activities.

Procrastination Hint

Fiddle as a noun can indicate something is unnecessarily complicated.

Complexity Connotation

Using 'fiddle' conveys a sense of annoyance with complexity.

Frustration Feeling

 I hear it operating. I probably smell it operating." But in between that we're going to do a simulation. Babbage himself wrote, he said, as soon as the analytical engine exists, it will surely guide the future course of science. Of course, he never built it, because he was always fiddling with new plans, but when it did get built, of course,

John Graham-Cumming: The...

 the form of the extra dimensions and the wonderful thing is if those numbers had any other values than the known ones the universe as we know it wouldn't exist this is a deep question why those numbers so finely tuned to allow stars to shine and planets to form when we recognize that if you fiddle with those

String theory - Brian...

 see any trace of humanity none at all and yet like a microbe we've met that we've managed to make this planet sick you know we've managed to change the chemistry and temperature of the atmosphere and of the sea water and anyone that has an aquarium knows if you fiddle with the temperature you fiddle

Changing how we see the...

 smell it operating and but in between that we're going to do a simulation Babbage himself wrote that he said as soon as the analytical engine exists it will surely guide the future course of science because he never built it because he was always fiddling with new plans but when he did get built of

The greatest machine...

 And the wonderful thing is, if those numbers had any other values than the known ones, the universe, as we know it, wouldn't exist. This is a deep question. Why are those numbers so finely tuned to allow stars to shine and planets to form, when we recognize that if you fiddle with those numbers --

Making sense of string...

 How do the smallest things in nature, the particles of the quantum world, match up with the largest things in nature -- planets and stars and galaxies held together by gravity? As a kid, I would puzzle over questions just like this. I would fiddle around with microscopes and electromagnets,

How we explore...

 this dinosaur but not this one I tried anything I went to a colleague worked on in fib Ian's for this belong to a fish I knew there was a coelacanth and the rivers there and he said no and I said well one day I was watching and studying and fiddling with these bones and all of

Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...

 In fact, I think there's a lot we can learn from ancient Mongolian nomads that will help us survive in the years and decades to come. This is a picture of me playing Mongolia's most celebrated traditional instrument, morin khuur, or horsehead fiddle.

The ancient, earth-friend...

 a master summoner is sending deep croaking noises reverberating through the area. And, as if in a trance, hundreds of earthworms begin emerging from the soil. This is worm grunting, also called worm charming or fiddling.

This weird trick will...

 little bit awake so don't fiddle with a with a half a white leg but temperature especially if you have to take it so we reached our release site it's a protected area