Quotes with instruments

Quotes 21 till 26 of 26.

  • John Stuart Mill The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it - a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes - will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Cass Sunstein There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Benny Goodman Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • Edmund Burke When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Ambrose Bierce There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet - two clarionets.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Denis Diderot We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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