Quotes about hands
hands said stoker
He brought his great hand to rest on an early edition of Bram Stoker's novel and smiled, but said nothing. Then he moved quietly away into another section. Elizabeth Kostova
hands dancer
No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it. Elizabeth Berkley
hands white lilies
And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
hands next-day pay
I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees. Edmund Wilson
hands ideas advice
On the one hand, I have wanted to supply documentation on myself by including material relevant to my emotions and ideas in my youth; and, on the other, not to let myself down by publishing inferior material. My poetry comes under the latter head. My only advice to the reader is to skip any verse that he sees coming.
hands giving enough
Give us enough but with a sparing hand. Edmund Waller
hands sky reaching-up
And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky. Edna St. Vincent Millay
hands path unseen
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
hands people done
The problem is that every time people have deviated from the Disney playbook in hand-drawn animation, they've done so with staff that are nowhere near Disney-level talent or Disney-level budgets. Brad Bird
hands order religion
Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist. Benjamin Franklin
hands needs use
You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
hands execution trouble
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
hands people healthy
People want to catch a buzz. That is why drugs are illegal, yet people still try to get their hands on them no matter what the consequence. Drugs make us happy, they may not be healthy.
hands devil idle-hands
Idle hands are the devil's playthings.
hands glasses long
If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.
hands trying important
It's important for me to try my hand at philanthropy because I want to leave behind a record of someone who did more than just gobble up stuff for themselves. I realized that a life lived for yourself is not much of a life, Ben Affleck
hands should-have want
[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: 'On the other hand, maybe I should have lived. Barbara Walters
hands your-side giving
You're not alone Together we stand I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand When it gets cold And it feels like the end There's no place to go You know I won't give in Avril Lavigne
hands long missing
Autobiography, if there really is such a thing, is like asking a rabbit to tell us what he looks like hopping through the grasses of the field. How would he know? If we want to hear about the field on the other hand, no one is in a better circumstance to tell us-so long as we keep in mind that we are missing all those things the rabbit was in no position to observe. Arthur Golden
hands violin evening
Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. Arthur Conan Doyle
hands firsts evidence
There is nothing like first-hand evidence.
hands i-can my-friends
I can count my friends on one hand. Barry Zito
hands house looks
You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable than sitting in prison; on the other hand, you have to look after a household, which is strenuous under such circumstances. Aung San Suu Kyi
hands insanity restaurants
Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant. Arundhati Roy
hands people swim
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors. Boris Johnson
hands kwanzaa black-history
In all things social we can be as seperate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. Booker T. Washington
hands long people
A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere. Bobby Seale
hands evil deceit
I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street. Bob Dylan
hands squad needs
They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.
hands sea sky
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
hands drawing left-hand
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
hands aging please
Your old road is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'.
hands suits glasgow
I'm not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow. Billy Connolly