Trumpet Quotes

157 quotes by 129 authors

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello. — Roger Bannister
He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. — Aneurin Bevan
I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet. — Drew Carey
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that. — Unknown Author
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame. — Baltasar Gracian
From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first movement is intended to convey… — Meredith Willson
O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down… — Benjamin Disraeli
The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. — Herb Alpert
The trumpet is forceful. — Lester Bowie
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own… — William Gilbert
A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk. — Alec Guinness
The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is… — Peter Drucker
Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and… — E. Merrill Root
To play the trumpet well, a musician can not let more than a few days pass without practicing. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though… — John F. Kennedy
From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the… — Thomas Paine
Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the… — Francis Quarles
Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
With me every peep becomes a trumpet solo. — Albert Einstein

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