War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments; its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A punk group is perfect because literally the lead singer doesn't play anything - he just sings and screams and jumps around;… — James Paxton Copy Share Image
In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer -… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
It is necessary for the mind to become free of the illusions of this world and become a fine and marvelous instrument… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, 'sock it away,' and unsuccessful actors, it's just, 'Just keep at it. Don't do… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And… — Joe Frazier Copy Share Image
Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The problem is when you write the album, you record all the instruments, you edit the whole thing and then you have… — Caleb Shomo Copy Share Image
We are all instruments pulling the bows across our own lungs. Windmills, still startling in every storm. Have you ever seen a… — Andrea Gibson Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to… — Danny Jacob Copy Share Image
Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid and I heard a song I liked on TV, I would jump up and run to… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when,… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Do one thing every day that scares you...Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills.… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I am officially a doctor, and believe it or not, I can save lives and tune certain instruments and can beat peasants… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
Reason is a necessary instrument, to be used for good or evil, but it has no moral qualities. — Reinhard Bendix Copy Share Image
The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of… — David Tudor Copy Share Image
I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
“I have no objection to instruments of music in our worship, provided they are neither seen nor heard.” — John Wesley Copy Share Image
I don't know how it got around that I play a lot of instruments. I really don't. I play the guitar and… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Attention has to be concentrated upon your Spirit. Then you become the best instrument, your attention very powerful. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument. — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument. — Sappho Copy Share Image
When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
