Quotes about hands
hands fairy individual
There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals. Winona LaDuke
hands law unjust
We're so busy resigning ourselves to the inevitable that we don't even ask if it is inevitable. We've got to have courage, to take our future into our hands. If the law is oppressive, we must change the law. If tradition is obstructive, we must break tradition. If the system is unjust, we must reform the system. Winifred Holtby
hands our-future our-lives
Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them. Winston Churchill
hands boredom paint
Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands.
hands silent veto
My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.
hands matter hopeless
Your life is in your hands. No matter where you are now, no matter what has happened in your life,you can begin to consciously choose your thoughts, and you can change your life.There is no such thing as a hopeless situation.Every single circumstance of your life can change! Rhonda Byrne
hands law government
The Bible says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has not put the law in my hands. He's put the law in the government's hands. Rick Warren
hands feet black
A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. He had the head of a Doberman, but his clawed hands were almost human. He growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. Maybe he was messaging his friends on uglyface.com. Rick Riordan
hands greek exotic
I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite. On the other hand, I like the Egyptian stories because they're not as commonly known and they have an exotic flavour.
hands feet hey
she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet to your right.' 'then you shouldn't be so concerned about losing some of yours.' she says, grinning. 'Fair enough. Veronica Roth
hands curves faces
He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. I can't stop.
hands people television
What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a great many people. Vince Gilligan
hands brain legs
The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs. Vikas Swarup
hands royal naked
When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable colour And leaves us gasping naked, This is no more than the ectasy of chaos: Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love Which alone, as we know certainly, restores Fragmentation into true being. Ecstasy of Chaos Robert Graves
hands poetry trying
Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.
hands monsters horror
You know, in the horror movie you kill the monster, and the hand re-emerges. And if you're not looking, the hand grows back and then the monster's there again. That cannot be allowed to happen. Rudy Giuliani
hands president bills
This is not the colonial empire that somehow he has in his hand. I’ve never felt that from him. I felt that from [George] W [Bush]. I felt that from [Bill] Clinton. I felt that from every American president, including ones I disagreed with, including [Jimmy] Carter. I don’t feel that from President Obama.
hands mind guilt
To see helpless infancy stretching out her hands, and pouring out her cries in testimony of dependence, without any powers to alarm jealousy, or any guilt to alienate affection, must surely awaken tenderness in every human mind; and tenderness once excited will be hourly increased by the natural contagion of felicity, by the repercussion of communicated pleasure, by the consciousness of dignity of benefaction. Samuel Johnson
hands lunch
Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.
hands mind influence
Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.
hands doubt mind
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
hands left-hand prosperity
Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality.
hands medicine advice
That there is something in advice very useful and salutary, seems to be equally confessed on all hands; since even those that reject it, allow for the most part that rejection to be wrong, but charge the fault upon the unskilful manner in which it is given; they admit the efficacy of the medicine, but abhor the nauseousness of the vehicle.
hands mind singing
I use both instruments with their strengths in mind. Mandolin - no sustain and attack of the right hand, for rhythm. Fiddle - use sustain of the bow and the ability to slide the non-fretted notes, like singing. Sam Bush
hands years nuts
Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate. Saffron Burrows
hands joy victory
Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are hours. Ruhollah Khomeini
hands reaching reach-out
So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear. Roxane Gay
hands fog haze
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that. Rowan Williams
hands gestures nations
Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance. Ronald Reagan
hands light feelings
The Light willing, we will see one another again," Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. "Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved." "Not like us," Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. "You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths. Robert Jordan
hands tree fool
A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.
hands brave mouths
Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?
hands two lost
Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?