Quotes with instrument

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  • George Santayana The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Anish Kapoor The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Arvo Part The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.
    Arvo Part
    Estonian composer
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  • Oscar Wilde The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Hannah Arendt The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Carlos Santana The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
    Carlos Santana
    Mexican and American guitarist (1947 - )
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  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee 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.
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Indian statesman (1924 - 2018)
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  • Billy Collins The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Ben Vereen The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
    Ben Vereen
    American actor, dancer and singer (1946 - )
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  • Washington Irving The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Ajay Naidu The turntable is now an instrument at the Smithsonian.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
    Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
    Italian politician and banker (1920 - 2016)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Antoine Lavoisier Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
    Antoine Lavoisier
    French nobleman and chemist (1743 - 1794)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz War is a continuation of policy by other means. It is not merely a political act but a real political instrument.
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz War Is Merely the Continuation of Policy by Other Means
    We see, therefore, that war is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse carried on with other means. What remains peculiar to war is simply the peculiar nature of its means.
    On War (1832) Ch. 1, Section 24, in the Princeton University Pre
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Walter Lippmann We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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