Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war,… — Robert H. Jackson
Privacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a… — Charlie Hunter
I'll be forever grateful to this instrument for being the surfboard that I rode the wave of life on — Nathan East
The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument. — Madeleine L'Engle
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours… — Billy Sheehan
I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to… — Billy Sheehan
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word about life, about… — Earl Nightingale
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the… — Joey Reiman
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept… — Cecilia Bartoli
Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert. — Stephen Ambrose
But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument. — Midge Ure
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's St Matthew Passion on a ukulele: The instrument… — Ben Bagdikian
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well. — Don Henley
We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud, And magnify thy name Almighty God! But man is thy most awful instrument, In working out… — William Wordsworth
. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book?… — Laurie Anderson
He should avail himself of their resources in such ways as to advance the expression of the spirit in the life of mankind. He should… — Olaf Stapledon
Not being ambitious of martyrdom, even in the cause of gastronomical enterprise, especially if the instrument is to be a contemptible, rank-smelling fungus, I never… — Mary Virginia Terhune
Prayer is the instrument of miracles. — Marion G. Romney
So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs… — Jackson Browne
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two… — Chris Cornell
Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument. — Reinhold Niebuhr
A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...] — Gary Shteyngart
Our body is not in space like things; it inhabits or haunts space. It applies itself to space like a hand to an instrument. And… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn how to live… — Chuck Jones

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