Strings Quotes

724 quotes by 577 authors

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings... — Charles W. Chesnutt
How good are the best musical imaginations? Can a trained musician, swiftly reading a score, tell just how that voicing of dissonant oboes and flutes… — Daniel Dennett
We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness… — Terry Tempest Williams
It's actually what I consider legalised cheating because one of the great senses that you have on a tennis court is your ability to hear… — John Newcombe
Impressions are like pearls; ideas are like the string that turns the pearls into a necklace. The string is invisible, but it is not dispensable… — Mu Xin
People come to a teacher to learn self-discovery. A teacher who just wants to keep you on a string forever, the god-guru concept, a teacher… — 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
Future complications in the strings between the cans. But no prints can come from fingers, if machines become our hands. — Jack Johnson
The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it… — Rich Hall
Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings. — Frederick Lenz
Comedy is a very delicate business, especially comedies that sort of attempt to do things in an honest way and in a very naturalistic way… — Ivan Reitman
The bottom string is tuned to an open G. — Jules Shear
There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it. — Antony Garrett Lisi
Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? — Jules Shear
If a painting contains no abstraction nor impressionistic elements, it is a kite that will never fly. But if the painting completely breaks the connection… — Wu Guanzhong
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
The strings to our past are burned because we need a new beginning. — Caroline Myss
Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings. — John Boyle O'Reilly
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'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life. — Brian Greene

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