#instrument

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

#instrument #into #liberty #made #powerful

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#defend #destruction #eventually #fact #inescapable

Isabelle looked dubious. "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." "That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No. Probably not. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#funny #humor #series #sonic-the-hedgehog #the-mortal-instruments

But it doesn't change what we are to each other. It's like there's always been a piece of my soul missing, and it's inside you, Clary. I know I told you once that wheter God exists or not, we're on our own. But when I'm with you, I'm not. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-lost-souls #clary-fray #god #jace-lightwood #jace-wayland

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features. ↗

— Primo Levi

#carved #change #erased #even #extraneous

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. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#faults #feel #grow #instrument #judge

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments. ↗

— William Lilly

#divine #god #his #i #i believe

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label. ↗

— David Byrne

#could #couple #few #indie #instruments

I'm making a record that's half stripped down acoustic which is the way I perform a lot and half of it is very produced. It's really hard to keep music simple but I was trying to keep it simple and focus on one or two instruments and vocals. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#down #focus #half #hard #i

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past. ↗

— Steve Martin

#american #banjo #captures #instrument #our