Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is… — Norman Vincent Peale
An enlightened teacher teaches you how to gain power. They give you power. They teach you how to shape it so that it becomes an… — Frederick Lenz
We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Meditate well so you can be a good instrument of eternity. You could have a mediocre meditation today, but you're not going to. Today you… — Frederick Lenz
A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary. Be completely selfless;… — Frederick Lenz
Anything has a rhythm to it, comedy or drama. There has to be a musicality to it. And everybody can't play the same instrument, ideally.… — Bradley Cooper
My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time I was 11… — Dave Grohl
We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings. — Jonathan Nolan
I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point… — Humphrey Lyttelton
Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or… — Theophilus London
I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color. — Theophilus London
Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it. — Christmas Humphreys
Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard,… — Honore de Balzac
Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, ... since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary… — Paul Valery
My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music themselves. Not only… — Julie Klausner
There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended,… — Karl Marx
As a beast of toil an ox is fixed capital. If he is eaten, he no longer functions as an instrument of labour, nor as… — Karl Marx
The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul. — Alfred North Whitehead
Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity. — Felix Frankfurter
If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar. — Jeff VanderMeer
I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what I mean? A… — Debbie Harry
I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing in the air… — Tom Waits
I'm also very impressed with the best people in experimental electronic world, like Peta and Eckart Aillers and Finez and Jim O'Rourke and Oren Umbarci… — John Frusciante

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