The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If I put too many instruments on stage it will become crowded just like Bangalore traffic! — Trilok Gurtu Copy Share Image
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument;… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
all the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it. — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument. — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I've gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music, so I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
The next time you pick up a camera think of it not as an inflexible and automated robot, but as a flexible… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
And if a minister shall usurp the supreme and absolute govern ment of America, and set up his instructions as laws in… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other instruments are extensions of his body. The microscope,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Art as an aesthetic principle was supported by thousands of years of discernment and psychic rewards, but art as a commodity was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
... by then I was getting a little work, doing some playing and getting paid for it, not very much, but enough… — Tal Farlow Copy Share Image
When I started out on my pilgrimage, I was using walking for two purposes at that time. One was to contact people,… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
To invoke a Kierkegaardesque figure of speech, the beauty of the language of the Bible can be like a set of dentist's… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Frequently, I go straight into the studio and see what's around. I might hire a couple of instruments that I've never used… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops. — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression. — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
It takes ten years, usually, to make a dancer. It takes ten years of handling the instrument, handling the material with which… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world. — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to… — Gerry Mulligan 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
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion. — Lucas Grabeel Copy Share Image
The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I do the best I can with any instrument I get attracted to. But they're just tools in order for you to… — John Mayall 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
Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path. — William Barclay Copy Share Image
