Quotes about hands
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. Samuel Johnson
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?
hands bottles
Don't ever knock a bottle out of my hand. Robert Johnson
hands years answers
I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand. Roddy Doyle
hands dirt soap
Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap and that the repeal of the soap tax was one of the most popular acts of Charles II at his Restoration? Robertson Davies
hands space looks
Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space. Robert Stack
hands together naked
I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together. Robert Mapplethorpe
hands evil identity
I had learned to dwell with pleasure as a beloved daydream on the thought of the separation of these elements. If each I told myself could be housed in separate identities life would be relieved of all that was unbearable the unjust might go his way delivered from the aspirations and remorse of his more upright twin and the just could walk steadfastly and securely on his upward path doing the good things in which he found his pleasure and no longer exposed to disgrace and penitence by the hands of this extraneous evil. Robert Louis Stevenson
hands argument cowardice
They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener;
hands feet black
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Robert E. Howard
hands enemy flags
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us. Walt Kelly
hands zippers cobras
Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical and slick. A zipper is where the Industrial Revolution meets the Cobra Cult. Tom Robbins
hands trying steps
Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try! Tom Lehrer
hands opinion reader
Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom. Tom Bissell
hands wish matter
To those who wish to punish others -- or at least to see them punished, if the avengers are too cowardly to take matters in to their own hands -- the belief in a fiery, hideous hell appears to be a great source of comfort. Steve Allen
hands essence feet
With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made. Stephen Coonts
hands average leader
Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand. Stephen Covey
hands poetic pure
The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words. Stephane Mallarme
hands guy egotistical
I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things. Vanilla Ice
hands yellow kansas
Oh, I have walked in Kansas Through many a harvest field, And piled the sheaves of glory there And down the wild rows reeled: Each sheaf a little yellow sun, A heap of hot-rayed gold; Each binder like Creation's hand To mold suns, as of old. Vachel Lindsay
hands comforting dying
There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue. Suzanne Collins
hands giving water
Peeta rinses the pearl off in the water and hands it to me. “For you.” I hold it out on my palm and examine its iridescent surface in the sunlight. Yes, I will keep it. For the few remaining hours of my life I will keep it close. This last gift from Peeta. The only one I can really accept. Perhaps it will give me strength in the final moments.
hands lips reach-out
I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips.
hands knives wake-up
For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta