Quotes about hands
hands things-in-life whole
Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life. Ivan Turgenev
hands library facts
Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. Huston Smith
hands years political
Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
hands needs may
And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us. James Frey
hands climbing tree
Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree beside the ladder: never before had he been so suddenly and so keenly aware of the feel and texture of a tree's skin and of the life within it. He felt a delight in wood and the touch of it, neither as forester nor as carpenter; it was the delight of the living tree itself. J. R. R. Tolkien
hands victory ifs
If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.
hands trouble said
Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!
hands storm defence
Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.
hands middle-earth teach
The burned hand teaches best.
hands design world
Shall we keep our hands in our bosom, or stretch ourselves on our beds of laziness, while all the world about us is hard at work, in pursuing the designs of its creation? Isaac Barrow
hands order law
People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence. They are far too ready to dismiss it and to build arcane structures of extremely rickety substance in order to avoid it. I, on the other hand, see coincidence everywhere as an inevitable consequence of the laws of probability, according to which having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be. Isaac Asimov
hands kingdoms doe
In the kingdom of ends everything has either a price or a dignity. Whatever has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; on the other hand, whatever is above all price, and therefore admits of no equivalent, has a dignity. But that which constitutes the condition under which alone something can be an end in itself does not have mere relative worth, i.e., price, but an intrinsic worth, i.e., a dignity. Immanuel Kant
hands shoes lakes
Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own. Ellen Barkin
hands use force
The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
hands gold care
Whose gold is double with a careful hand, His cares are double. Francis Quarles
hands generosity charity
Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth.
hands ears honey
I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some with honey. Fear not to approach! there are no wasps, there are no hornets here. If some wanton bee chance to buzz about thine ears, stand thy ground and hold thy hands-there's none will sting thee, if thou strike not first. If any do, she hath honey in her bag will cure thee too.
hands mouths
Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand, and a closed mouth.
hands band variation
...beauty, she had discovered occupied a narrow band. Ugliness, on the hand, had infinite variation. Ian Mcewan
hands knees way
We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth
hands people suspicious
The phenomena there is something in us that on the one hand bonds us with like people but somehow makes us suspicious of other people. Hugh Hefner
hands married made
There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn't married. You have to keep your hand in.
hands shoes pairs
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes. Hugh Jackman
hands legs arms
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. Horatio Nelson
hands enemy age
[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young. Homer
hands soul praying
We can all pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of Gods will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands. Harry S Truman
hands world architect
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.
hands way want
I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, 'on the other hand'.
hands people want
If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.
hands giving economics
Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
hands brain visible
The hand is the visible part of the brain.
hands feet gaps
I am spoken to not in words, which come to me quaint and veiled, but in signs, in conformations of face and hands, in postures of shoulders and feet, in nuances of tune and tone, in gaps and absences whose grammar has never been recorded. J. M. Coetzee
hands ministry fool
I was a fool!" Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. "I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -" "Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron," said Fred. Percy swallowed. "Yes, I was!" "Well, you can't say fairer than that," said Fred, holding out his hand to Percy. J. K. Rowling