Quotes About Instrument

The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.

'Terrorism' itself is not an objective term or legitimate object of study, but was conceived of as a highly politicized instrument and has been used that way ever since.

I really enjoy listening to players on the cusp of swing into bebop like Charlie Shavers, Clifford Brown and Clark Terry. They balance immense facility on their instrument with rhythm, melody, and more complex harmonies of the time.

The body on the ground is nothing more than a shell, a husk, and I am filled with a sense of peace. Yes, I think. Yes. This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.

The Singer with the pedal? Runs like a top.

Beth at last touched the great instrument, and straightway forgot her fear, herself, and everything else but the unspeakable delight which the music gave her, for it was like the voice of a beloved friend.

The body is not merely the vesture, it is the instrument of the Spirit.

Every time he studied this instrument, with its slender, gleaming steel rod that tapered down to such needle-like sharpness, he wondered why it was necessary to have things like this in the world. If it were truly only for chopping ice, you'd think a completely different design might do. The people who produce and sell things like this don't understand, he thought. They don't realize that some of us break out in a cold sweat at just a glimpse of that shiny, pointed tip.

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

To a just Providence was necessary an instrument, at once penetrating, persevering, and convincing, to accomplish a great work.

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet—two clarionets.

An army is an instrument of government. It must be used in such a way that it furthers the interests of government. Otherwise what use is it? Only an extremely costly machine for … minting medals.

You can, instead of trying to use God or make God your servant, submit yourself to God; be God's child, God's instrument through which God's glory is made manifest on earth. Then, let God's glory flow through you. It will never be your glory, regardless of how beautiful you are or become, or how worthy or worthwhile.

Be willing to be used by God; be willing to be used by Truth. Be willing to be an instrument through which Truth reveals Itself, but do not attempt to use God. Never try to use God, Truth. If you understood the nature of God, never would you pray to God for any thing.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.

myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth

A writer is a strange instrument of our species, a harp of sorts, fine-tuned to the dark contradictions of life.

Martin Gore (musician): To us, the synthesizer was the punk instrument. It was an instant, do-it-yourself tool. Because it was still new, its potential seemed limitless.

Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.

o afinador chegava na camioneta da carreira para consertar a harpa da dona Irene e horas num só acorde a aparafusar com o alicatezito melancolias erradas até que a vida no timbre que lhe pertencia e o tio emocionado - É exactamente o que eu sinto