Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well. — Don Henley 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
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument… — Plato Copy Share Image
In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them — Bruno Latour Copy Share Image
The Internet and all its lures are much, much harder than anything I've ever encountered. If you're writing on a computer, the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Growing up, the ukulele was always a respected instrument. It's a big part of our culture. It wasn't until I started traveling… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening.… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Russia and China, when they were communist-like adversaries, they didn't participate. They're participating now in the world with us. They're trading monetary… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys. — Gail Pool Copy Share Image
Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something… — Billy Collins 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
To become effortless takes a lot of effort. It's good to compare it to learning an instrument or learning a sport. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Write as you like, use the rhythms that come out, try different instruments, sit at the piano, destroy the metric, shout instead… — Violeta Parra Copy Share Image
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments -… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
We need to use economic instruments such as carbon taxes, cap and trade, tax and dividend and whatever else to help incentivize… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
