Reed Quotes

110 quotes by 100 authors

It is not solid wood that can become a flute, but the empty reed. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really… — Steve Lacy
All life has emptiness at its core; it is the quiet hollow reed through which the wind of God blows and makes the music that… — Wayne Muller
At Reed College, I learned very quickly that I didn't know nearly enough. I learned, first, that every student there was as smart as I… — John Daniel
I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight,… — Charlotte Bronte
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning… — Aesop
I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have… — Linda Evans
I wanted a line in a poem to be the hollow ney of the dervish orchestra whose plaintive wail is a call to God. But… — Anne Michaels
The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong. — Arto Lindsay
When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize… — Deepak Chopra
The smoking flax before it burst to flame Was quenched by death, and broken the bruised reed. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you could… — Legs McNeil
I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would… — Stan Lee
If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night... I don't know where one would acquire a reed made… — Ryan Adams
I become like a tuning fork to the information that is coming through me, in shamanism they call it being the â€˜hollow reedâ€™â€¦ — Tom Kenyon
The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him â€” it was so matter-of-fact, — Julian Casablancas
If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck. — Toby Stephens
Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you… — David Eddings
Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. — Alexis Carrel
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing,… — Stephen Malkmus

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