Instrument Quotes

1109 Instrument quotes by 855 unique authors

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass… — Buddy Rich
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a… — Roger Rosenblatt
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. — John Ruskin
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. — Carlos Santana
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. — George Santayana
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an… — May Sarton
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me. — Jill Scott
The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example,… — Nate Silver
Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by… — Gene Simmons
My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it. — Paul Simon
You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your playing. That's, you… — Slash
Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of… — Adam Smith
Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror. — Eliot Spitzer
When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make… — Charles Stanley
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own… — Andy Summers
Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind. — Taylor Swift
The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where… — Serj Tankian
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. — Henry David Thoreau

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