Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers to the reader… — Marcel Proust
We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all sin, whatever else… — C.S. Lewis
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the… — Oscar Peterson
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think… — Coleman Hawkins
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the… — Ansel Adams
The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it. — Thomas Beecham
One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together. — Ossie Davis
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by… — Thomas A. Edison
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 lifeâ€”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

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