Instrument Quotes

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With a different form of wireless instrument devised by me some years ago it was found practicable to locate a body of metallic ore below… — Nikola Tesla
Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels… — Pope Pius XII
This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal… — Stephen Covey
Make me an instrument of thy peace. — Francis of Assisi
.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive — Les Paul
In oddball places, the electric guitar has been taken as an almost alien object - this weird, six-stringed instrument that fell down to earth and… — Ry Cooder
...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song,… — Mark Knopfler
... by then I was getting a little work, doing some playing and getting paid for it, not very much, but enough for me to… — Tal Farlow
... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was something that sounded… — Unknown Author
... there is still a very strong subculture of people who want to do great things on an instrument, and who are stimulated by hearing… — Steve Vai
... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't… — Steve Vai
... just because a guitar is old doesn't make it good... I've seen guitars that were old but weren't as good as the reissue ...… — Jorma Kaukonen
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume knob and the… — Steve Vai
Lenny Breau is one of the true geniuses of the guitar. I suppose he is a musician's musician. His knowledge of the instrument and the… — Chet Atkins
It's interesting to see how acoustic guitars are emerging as a primary instrument once again ... reminds me very much of what Jim Messina and… — Kenny Loggins
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God… — Oscar Romero
In Europe one needs to act ‘as if’ – as if what was wanted was little, in order to obtain much, as if States were… — Giuliano Amato
The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this sovereignty? We think… — Roger Brooke Taney
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that… — Haim Ginott
Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just. — Horace Mann
Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion. It aims to make work an instrument of joy, of… — Emma Goldman
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. — Humphry Davy
When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel… — Cecilia Bartoli
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time. — Cecilia Bartoli
Objects and their functions no longer had any significance. All I perceived was perception itself, the hell of forms and figures devoid of human emotion… — Federico Fellini

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