“Prayers are like the powerful sounds of trumpets. When God's people come together and pray, the walls that challenge progress will fall.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music.… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was… — R. Carlos Nakai Copy Share Image
Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've never believed in the end of times. We are mankind. Our footprints are on the moon. When the last trumpet sounds… — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Let us pick up again these lost strands and weave them again into the fabric of America, sort out the music from… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I spent my entire life working with the smallest budget I could get. Just working with old, junky, donated equipment. The only… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically. — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of… — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
As fog moved to the mainland I heard a flock of birds fly over. They sounded like a dress rustling, a dress… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
He wanted us to play whatever we played in the most characteristic and appropriate style. Even it was the theme from 'The… — Manny Laureano Copy Share Image
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
