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hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
brain mentor able
Eloquence, to produce her full effect, should start from the head of the orator, as Pallas from the brain of Jove, completely armed and equipped. Diffidence, therefore, which is so able a mentor to the writer, would prove a dangerous counsellor for the orator.
brain bud taste
We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains. David H. Murdock
brain literature nuclear
The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television. Dave Barry
brain damage economics
Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. David Suzuki
brain bills lightning
Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain. Buffalo Bill
brain may pages
Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first. Carole King
brain information too-much
Too much information will make your brain choke. Bryan Davis
brain despair strikes
Despair doth strike as deep a furrow in the brain as mischief or remorse. Bryan Procter
brain
Close up your head; your brain is getting loose. Catherynne M. Valente
occupation today consumers
Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman
occupation humdrum easier
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. Bernard Cornwell
occupation interest thankless
Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all. Ben Stein
occupation my-favorite
LIFE: My favorite occupation. Dirk Benedict
occupation way parks
We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it's been quite smooth over there. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park. Adam Savage
occupation humiliation reader
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. Alberto Manguel
occupation systematic research
Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
occupation nuisance world
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Dorothy L. Sayers
occupation may fit
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. . Confucius