Quotes about hands
hands liable humans
All power in human hands is liable to be abused. James Madison
hands danger tyranny
The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations.
hands political trying
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result not of theory, but "of a spirit of amity, and that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable" . . . the equal vote allowed to each state, is at once a constitutional recognition of the portion of sovereignty remaining in the individual states, and an instrument for preserving that residuary sovereignty.
hands government political
[A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.
hands giving brain
You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was not, like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands.
hands long helping
I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our present commander. James Long
hands cracks whips
The hand that holds the money cracks the whip. James M. Cain
hands names echoes
That fiend!" Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana's bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter; there was something in the right-hand corner of her mouth that wanted her not to call Peter names. James M. Barrie
hands feelings rooms
Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.
hands sigh-of-relief promise
Will they reach the nursery in time? If so, how delightful for them, and we shall all breathe a sigh of relief, but there will be no story. On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.
hands shoulders salute
Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back. Joan Didion
hands play guitar
I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar. Joan Jett
hands architecture intention
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. Jimmy Breslin
hands politician gymnasiums
The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.
hands judging-yourself judging-others
Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean. Jimi Hendrix
hands mountain next
Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand
hands people levels
Respect other people regardless of the level they are at... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back. Erik Estrada
hands hung stillness
Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead. Erik Larson
hands gardener sentences
Words themselves become beings, sentences becomenatural vegetation to be guided by the gardener's hands. Eric Sevareid
hands wonderful rich
On the other hand, I would've been exceedingly rich, which would've been wonderful! Eric Stoltz
hands directors i-can
I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.
hands legacy i-can
I can't go back and change the hands of time but what I can do is create a new legacy. Eric Thomas
hands play voice
The principle is this: We must not allow anything into our life that feeds our point of weakness. A soldier doesn't dance through a mind field any more than we should play with a hand grenade. When the enemy's entry points are boarded up, it frees us to hear clearly the voice of our Commander. Eric Ludy
hands enemy use
When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. John Mellencamp
hands generations glorious
There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.
hands take-my-hand crosses
When you cross the street, take my hand John Lennon
hands numbers want
There is not one thing that's Beatle music. How can they talk about it like that? What is Beatle music? Walrus or Penny Lane? Which? It's too diverse: I Want to Hold Your Hand or Revolution Number Nine?
hands musician rebel
I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not.
hands design misery
...in the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery... John le Carre
hands
Where I went, no one could follow. Yet someone managed to hold my hand. John Banville
hands my-own
I am very hands on doing my own work, all my own stunt work. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
hands our-future
You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good. Jodie Foster
hands years earth
The end of all things is at hand; that Satan's kingdom will be destroyed, and Satan chained down for a thousand years, and Christ's kingdom established upon earth.