Instruments Quotes - Page 39

• Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, People, Choices

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• Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks and disappears.

  Michael A. Walsh

  Stars, Powerful, Destiny

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• For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

  Dante Alighieri

  Power, Evil, Defense

  Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1954). “The inferno”, Signet

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• An intellectual, heartless man never becomes an inspired man. It is always the heart that speaks in the man of love; it discovers a greater instrument than intellect can give you, the instrument of inspiration.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiration, Heart, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.376, Manonmani Publishers

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• We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.

  Clement of Alexandria

  Hands, Benefits, Use

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• Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as His instrument. You've been under the Word, but not in it for yourself.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Years, Effectiveness, Church

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible”, p.17, Moody Publishers

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• It's essential to growth. It's essential to maturity. It's essential for equipping you, training you, so that you might be an available, clean, sharp instrument in His hands to accomplish His purposes.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Maturity, Hands, Growth

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible”, p.17, Moody Publishers

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• The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Media, Mind

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.324, Cambridge University Press

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• The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of its potentialities can bring a real and secure peace to the world.

  Trygve Lie

  Real, Race, Long

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• There is always a piano in an hotel drawing-room, on which, of course, some one of the forlorn ladies is generally employed. I do not suppose that these pianos are, in fact, as a rule, louder and harsher, more violent and less musical, than other instruments of the kind. They seem to be so, but that, I take it, arises from the exceptional mental depression of those who have to listen to them.

  Anthony Trollope

  Music, Piano, Drawing

  Anthony Trollope (1862). “North America”, p.23

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• In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rural families whose workshops were side by side in the Italian village of Cremona. First were the Amatis, and outside their shop hung a sign: "The best violins in all Italy." Not to be outdone, their next-door neighbors, the family Guarnerius, hung a bolder sign proclaiming: "The Best Violins In All The World!" At the end of the street was the workshop of Anton Stradivarius, and on its front door was a simple notice which read: "The best violins on the block."

  Freda Bright

  Family, Block, Simple

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• Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.

  Klemens von Metternich

  Men, Play, History

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• Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many other things we had - were so strange unto them, and so farre exceeded their capacities to comprehend the reason and meanes how they should be made and done, that they thought they were rather the workes of gods then men.

  Thomas Harriot

  Spring, Men, Sea

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• The pain of the world will sear and break our hearts because we can no longer keep them closed. We've seen too much now. To some degree or other, we have surrendered into service and are willing to pay the price of compassion. But with it comes the joy of a single, caring act. With it comes the honor of participating in a generous process in which one rises each day and does what one can. With it comes the simple, singular grace of being an instrument of Love, in whatever form, to whatever end.

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  Ram Dass

  Pain, Heart, Caring

  Ram Dass, Paul Gorman (2011). “How Can I Help?”, p.211, Knopf

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• You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?

  Prince Philip

  Tape, Classic, Recorders

  "Prince Philip gaffes: 97 best and worst quotes as he celebrates his birthday". www.mirror.co.uk. June 10, 2018.

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• The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

  Jules Michelet

  Firsts, Duty, Historian

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• Propaganda will never die out. Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos.

  Edward Bernays

  Fighting, Intelligent, Men

  Edward Bernays (2017). “Propaganda”, p.124, Lulu.com

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• The [guitar is the] instrument most complete and richest in its harmonic and polyphonic possibilities.

  Manuel de Falla

  Guitar, Possibility

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• RTE was set up by legislation as an instrument of public policy, and, as such is responsible to the government. The government have overall responsibility for its conduct, and especially the obligation to ensure that its programmes do not offend against the public interest or conflict with national policy as defined in legislation. To this extent the government rejected the view that RTE should be, either generally or in regard to its current affairs programmes, completely independent of government supervision.

  Sean Lemass

  Independent, Responsibility, Government

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• When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

  Emanuel Ax

  Play, Sound, Steinway

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• People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. When people say, 'Oh, she plays like a dude,' it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, 'Oh, she's as good as us.' Of course, that's a stupid statement. It's totally stereotypical to say, 'We have an advantage on this, and if anyone else can do it well, it's only because they're like us.' I think more men are starting to learn that this attitude is totally hollow and based in imagination. As more women are involved in music, this kind of thing gets said less and less.

  Esperanza Spalding

  Attitude, Stupid, Men

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• It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.

  Ezra Koenig

  Lying, Ideas, Giving

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.

  Luc Ferrari

  Character, Thinking, Way

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• Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we change a blunt lancet that we have used long enough.

  Claude Bernard

  Ideas, Long, Intellectual

  Claude Bernard (2012). “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine”, p.69, Courier Corporation

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• The chemistry was still there. To me, that was the biggest thing: Would the chemistry be there? Can we really go ahead and do this? And it was obvious within the first moment of plugging in the instruments that the magic was still there. It was a fantastic feeling.

  Christine McVie

  Feelings, Magic, Firsts

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