Instruments Quotes · Page 11

I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments.

— Jeff Ament

All of us our but his instruments who do our part and pass by.

— Mother Teresa

Gun is the instrument of the coward and the weak!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

— Charles de Gaulle

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.

— Radhanath Swami

You need to tune your instrument, which is your body and your mind, and your soul.

— Abby Brammell

Music comes from the musician, not the instrument.

— Victor Wooten

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

— Elvis Costello

If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song.

— Joni Mitchell

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

— George F. Kennan

Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the…

— Joseph Sobran

To pry into the secrets of this world, we must make experiments. But experiment is a clumsy instrument, afflicted with a fatal…

— Banesh Hoffmann

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should…

— Lara St. John

I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments…

— Edgard Varese

There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

— Bill Frisell

A person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and our surroundings have a crucial effect on…

— Radhanath Swami

It might seem paradoxical that the biggest scientific instruments of all are needed in order to probe the very smallest things in…

— Martin Rees

When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use…

— Gabor Szabo

Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by…

— James Stenson

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and…

— Alan Watts

With slide guitar, you're just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It's a really beautiful instrument in that it's so…

— Bonnie Raitt

Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They…

— Joseph Lowery

Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's…

— Van Morrison

“Scattered among these things are reminders that sound once existed: a metronome, a drumming pad, a guitar pick, a trumpet mouthpiece, a…

— Geoffrey O'Brien

To me the bicycle is in many ways a more satisfactory invention than the automobile. It is consonant with the independence of…

— Louis J. Halle

So I always liked to sing, and apparently when I was about four or five I also started to be attracted to…

— Vienna Teng

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But…

— George McGovern

I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only…

— Jerry Spinelli

I felt I had nothing more to say. Everything would have had to be a replay of the previous two or three…

— Richard Pinhas

Why can't I go to Idris with you, then? Because it's not safe for you there O and it's safe for me…

— Cassandra Clare

Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create such epiphanies at will, the…

— Robert McKee

Shiny musical instruments wailed, their mouths open like lilies.

— Ismail Kadaré

In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.

— Lani Guinier

Phone are wonderful instruments, but I wouldn't want our daughter to marry one.

— Erma Bombeck

“The people around you are the instruments that God will use to help you”

— Sunday Adelaja

The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

— Park Chan-wook

There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master.

— Sri Aurobindo

myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth

— Anais Nin