Quotes about hands
hands wish action
I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. Henry David Thoreau
hands yield moral
But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.
hands history greek
In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence of our classical dictionary.... We moderns, on the other hand, collect only the raw materials of biography and history, "memoirs to serve for a history," which is but materials to serve for a mythology.
hands bravery doe
What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.
hands years six
For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.
hands play drawing
After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask.
hands needs life-is
Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
hands feet secret
Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly. Jessica Chastain
hands mind crowds
As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room Jeremy Collier
hands cigarette international
.. international hand of freindship. A cigarette Jeremy Clarkson
hands invisible-hand may
Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear. Jeff Greenfield
hands jurassic-park helping
God help us we're in the hands of engineers. Jeff Goldblum
hands wings arms
Turbulence, like many forms of trouble, cannot always be seen. We bounce so hard my arms sail helplessly above my head. In evolution, wing bones became arms and hands; perhaps I'm de-evolving. Gretel Ehrlich
hands government congress
I have a Congress on my hands. Grover Cleveland
hands wish wish-you
I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself. Groucho Marx
hands glasses guilt
The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action. Graham Greene
hands taste tongue
I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing.
hands keys community
The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. Gijs de Vries
hands people risk
If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.
hands boxing gossip
What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt. Gerald McRaney
hands class cooking
Lots of the cooking classes open to non-professionals are too low-level for experienced foodies, or don't offer enough hands-on training. Homaro Cantu
hands helping realizing
Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end. Ignatius of Loyola
hands voice trying
-"Then what," Lededje asked, trying to keep her voice cold and not get caught up in the avatar´s obvious enthusiasm, "is making you smile about a disaster?" -"Well, first, I didn´t cause it! Nothing to do with me, hands clean. Always a bonus. Iain Banks
hands ostriches enemy
I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich. Hugo Chavez
hands revolution rebellion
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. Huey Newton
hands two curves
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands, it'll be a fair curve from a noble plan. Guy Clark
hands sitting able
If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands. Guy Forget
hands fists made
A hand fought best when it made a fist. Guy Gavriel Kay
hands challenges trying
Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides. Guy Finley
hands blood bully
There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil. Gore Vidal
hands trying weapons
We will consider every hand who will try to take our weapons, as an Israeli hand. Hassan Nasrallah
hands sometimes moments
Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost. Harold Pinter
hands together half
Half of me is very excited and the other half is 'Haven't we seen this stuff before?' But I'm very impressed. I almost couldn't picture it when it was being put together. I couldn't picture it being in my hand, what it would look like. Jaime Hernandez