Quotes about hands
hands limbs seems
To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs. John Quincy Adams
hands community taxation
So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression.
hands yield world
We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death. Our times are in His hand, at His sovereign disposal. We must accept that as best. John Owen
hands giving may
We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid and assistance we may live unto God in that holy obedience which he requires at our hands.
hands office way
Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy. John Milton
hands eden tears
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
hands light ballet
Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round
hands keys golden
Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.
hands long evil
It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand. Miguel de Cervantes
hands devil world
You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
hands evil long
For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
hands taxation simplify
Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands. Thomas Jefferson
hands liberty empty
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.
hands haste-makes-waste dry
Let wealth come in by comely thrift, And not by any sordid shift; 'T is haste Makes waste; Extremes have still their fault. Who gripes too hard the dry and slipp'ry sand, Holds none at all, or little, in his hand. Robert Herrick
hands government giving
Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans. Taylor Caldwell
hands our-generation generations
It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours. John F. Kennedy
hands peaceful revolution
A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
hands people world
Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.
hands perfume coming-out
Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand. Jonathan Carroll
hands phones people
Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?
hands treasure littles
You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure. Jonathan Edwards
hands glasses fairs
If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand. Jonathan Aitken
hands differences cnn
Everybody wrings their hands about Fox News. You know, fair and balanced? Why, that's snide! Yeah, okay, maybe they're not fair and balanced, but CNN used to have the slogan You Can Depend on CNN. Guess what? I watch it, no you can't. So what's the difference? Jon Stewart
hands-up burgers crime
Putting the 10 commandments up to prevent crime is like putting 'Employees must wash hands' up to keep the piss out of your burger.
hands facts sometimes
I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands. Katey Sagal
hands trying hey
I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro." Justin Vernon
hands miracle faces
A miracle that can never be: your face, your hands, pledged to me.
hands behind-my-back feels
I'd like to do what I see in my head. I always feel like I'm directing with one hand tied behind my back. Julie Davis
hands directors
I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it. Julie Christie
hands people trying
When you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it. Julie Delpy
hands two-sides laughing
Contrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species, let alone the same nationality? On one hand the selflessness and internationalism of the soldiers; on the other the Whites-First isolationism of the protesters. Excuse me, who are the idealists here? Julie Burchill
hands stronger peers
When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth. Lee Greenwood
hands chinese hong-kong
You can put these things into the hands of some Chinese and send him to Hong Kong and we'll have cleared chinks. L. Ron Hubbard