Hands Quotes

Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.

Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.

Definition of responsibility: a commitment of the head, heart, and hands to fix the problem and never again affix blame.

My arm bones looked like chicken bones.

From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.

Come over here so I can examine your face with my hands and see deeper into your soul than a sighted person ever could.

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just "virtual reality".

The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me.

Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand.

Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands.

When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.

TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation.

We don't, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren.

And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood.

You hold your future in your own hands. Never waver in this belief.

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.

We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that.

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.

Any idea that turns out to be truly great can be harvested for tens of years. On the other hand, if you want to continue to be great, you've got to bet on new things, big, bold bets.

But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue.

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands.

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot.

My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my hand as far as the pen is concerned and go with the moment and go with my guts.

Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

A hard lesson had been learned--that man himself suffers most when his hand despoils the earth and robs it of its legitimate fruits.

Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?

I believe in miracles . . . prayers that are answered and healing hands.

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

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.

No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.

When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find done by the hand of great masters.

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

Magnus's eyes gleamed. "He seems to like you. I saw him going for your hand out there like a squirrel diving for a peanut.

True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.