Strings Quotes

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings

The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us.

as some strings, untouched, sound when no one is speaking. So it was when love slipped inside us.

A fishnet is made up of a lot more holes than strings, but you can't therefore argue that the net doesn't exist. Just ask the fish.

and yet, you never knew wwhat you were capable of until you arrived at that given moment. Life was just a whole string of spots where you continued to surprise yourself.

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.

Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.

I have never really thought of him as a person, either.... A guy whose strings were broken, who didn’t feel the root of his leaves of grass connected to the field, a guy who was cracked. Like me.

But once that string gets cut, kid, you can't uncut it. Do you get what I'm saying?

I think maybe I know why,' she finally said. 'Why?' 'Maybe all the strings inside him broke,' she said.

Man becomes virtually an automaton in the loss of his individuality and responsibility. He is the harp of a thousand strings played upon by a divine hand, but not a man!

I've got more than one string to my bow, and I thought I'd give this one a twang.

I don't mind dancing the robot if the chemicals are ok, but beyond that the robot will not pull my strings.

The bottom string is tuned to an open G.

This is the story of the curse and the kiss, the demon and the girl. It's a love story with dancing and death in it, and singing and souls and shadows reeled out on kite strings.

That being said, I think we should immediately deprecate any string concatenation that combines '19' with '99'.

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.

I've Got the World on a String.

It's a hard thing to explain, but the more I arrange for strings, the more I realize the possibilities.

Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.

Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.

Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life, - there, if one must speak out, the real man.

If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say.

... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!

Nothing speaks louder than an evocative photograph that stirs the imagination, tugs at the heart strings and engages the mind.

Nylon string is still a new love and I'm not tired of it yet.

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.

I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.

Different hearts beat on different strings

I've always loved Ibanez guitars, and in particular 7 strings.

Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents

I realized very early that I was never going to make by living by writing string quartets. But I wanted to write music and I didn't want to have to do anything else.

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.

You're your kid's partner, not the person who's pulling all the strings.

Compatibilism amounts to nothing more than an assertion of the following creed: A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow, got the string around my finger.

Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size.

There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

Some prisons don't allow guitar because the strings can be detached and used as weapons.

Happiness is to have a little string onto which things will attach themselves.

I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something inside that lies next to me.

The purse strings tie us to our kind.

Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All many be well.

String theory makes sense to me because the universe is a symphony that creates harmony with the vibration of our strings.

Someone is assigned to not only hear your heart's song but will strum your heart strings melodically. Listen with your heart.

You cannot taste a song but you can feel the tune relishing your heart where strings of music belong.

Sitting makes us think of standingOur current stance keeps on demanding We wish to fly without the wings Puppets move before pulling the strings

As I stare at it, I can feel little invisible strings, silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

The only thing that ever came close to tugging my heart strings is music. I know this because that is the only time I've felt them move.