Reed Quotes

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Khalil Gibran

Music, Work, Heart

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
Blaise Pascal

Nature, Thinking, Feeble

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Aesop

Storm, Again, Wind

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
Johannes Brahms

Wind, Shaken, Mere

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
Xenophon

Strong, Beer, Used

My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.
Ellie Goulding

Good, Line, Oil

Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.
Henry Winkler

Down, Learned, Fish

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.
Steve Lacy

Living, Weed, Spirit

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
George Henry Lewes

Beauty, Spring, Genius

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.
Matthew Lesko

Work, Money, War

My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world, 'Donna Reed' and all that. I longed for that, I wanted to be like other normal families on TV.
Gary Ross

Different, Wanted, Normal

I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things.
Jeff Daniels

Start, Kids, Times

Melissa McCarthy just opened this new movie, 'Identity Thief,' and Rex Reed, who's a known critic, wrote a scathing commentary on her weight. I think that weight designation is one of the last frontiers of bullying. I don't know what the right 'ism' for it is, but I think that there's a level of that that's happening that's certainly not okay.
Josh Gad

Her, Last, Bullying

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way.
Lee Konitz

Time, Simple, Play

I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.
Johnny Rivers

Blues, Players, Incredible

People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.
Alan Vega

Said, Talk, Reason

I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voice. If you're Lou Reed, you're unlikely to become a country singer.
Teddy Thompson

Music, True, Country

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
Stephen Malkmus

Put, Speak, Personal

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side.'
Michael Rapaport

Song, Walk, Kid

I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.
Linda Evans

Good, Yourself, Woman

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.
Arto Lindsay

Rock, Strong, Before

Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
Billy Gibbons

Since, Blood, Kid

Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.
David Eddings

Through, College, Walk

I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys.
Jimmy Smith

Big, Guys, Played

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.
Jimmy Smith

Mom, After, Liked

The experience of both acting and producing has been wonderful. It certainly has created a full plate. But it is very exciting and rewarding to have creative input on the show. 'Reed' is about love and family and for me, playing a hand in shaping it has been deeply gratifying.
Tracee Ellis Ross

Love, Family, Experience

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room.
Mary Lou Williams

Music, Time, Mother

But, I'm a big Johnny Cash and a big Lou Reed fan and a Fellini fan.
Noah Taylor

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