Instrument Quotes
1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors
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this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the…
— J. William Fulbright
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Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little,…
— Marcel Proust
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The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
— Oscar Wilde
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Reason is man's faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man's ability to manipulate the world with the help…
— Erich Fromm
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The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.
— Tony Lema
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True spirituality is the acceptance of earth-life. A true seeker is he who accepts life, transforms life and perfects life so that the earth-life can…
— Sri Chinmoy
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I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my…
— Haim Ginott
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The fact is all golfers are equipment junkies and professional golfers are the worst of the lot. They'll do anything to find the perfect putter…
— Dave Marr
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For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.
— Dale Carnegie
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The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but we must not…
— Joshua L. Liebman
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The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that perhaps he might…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple…
— Robert Collier
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I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of a chariot at…
— Francis Bacon
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Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring…
— Alexis Carrel
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Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
— Samuel Johnson
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The Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the…
— Edith Stein
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The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.
— Herb Alpert
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Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
— John French Sloan
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