Hands Quotes

He loved his country as no other man has loved her, but no man deserved less at her hands.

I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen.

Philosophy alone can boast (and perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is able to eradicate from the human mind the latent and deadly principle of fanaticism.

I have tried to remember throughout that poetry is made by flesh-and-blood human beings. It is a bloody art. It lives on a human scale and thrives when it is passed from hand to hand.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

When Clapper raised his hand and lied to the American public, was anyone tried? Were any charges brought? Within 24 hours of going public, I had three charges against me.

If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing an equally harsh public response.

Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find out.

Every burden on the back can become a gift in the hand.

A search of one's life and soul will reveal the hand of God. The outpouring of his blessings come with our afflictions, not in spite of them. Afflictions be praised!

Success is voltage under control-keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts.

It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.

I was never without a book in my hand.

Somehow when you see a politician kiss a baby, shake a hand -- kiss anything -- it is tainted.

Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand.

She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?" "In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water.

No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.

When a man who looks like Yoda hands you a prophecy, you have to respond.

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.

To the gods belong power, and to us the work of our hands.

I'll always remember taking your hand and telling you that everything would be okay.

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.

I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.

The sin and the shame and the sorrow, The crime and the want and the woe That are born there in your workshop, No hand can paint, you know.

Life is a Shylock; always it demands The fullest userer's interest for each pleasure. Gifts are not freely scattered by its hands; We make returns for every borrowed treasure.

I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe.

Our meeting, touching, accidentally connecting immediately, interwoven hand-in-hand, heart-to-heart.

Either way, you are in charge. Jealousy works against you. It takes control away from you, hands it over to the opposition. Maintain control.

The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god - I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriend's hand.

I guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.

Poor cow, you'll get your dumb man. You'll see your whole life coming at you in the back of his hand.

I saw you dancing out the ocean Running fast along the sand A spirit born of earth and water Fire flying from your hands

On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

And if I end up with blood on my hands, well I know, that you'll understand, 'cause I fight like a girl.

I cannot help esteem The 'Bird within the Hand' Superior to the one The 'Bush' may yield me Or may not Too late to choose again

Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.

No way construction of this tricky plan was built by other than a greater hand.

I have faith that my life is in good hands. I honestly try to see how I can grow from uncomfortable circumstances.

Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms of word choice, plot, etc.

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.

Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.

After forty years of marriage we still stood with broken swords in our hands.

The Press blew, the public stared, hands flew out like a million little fishes after bread.

Holly died without a friend to hold her hand. Artemis felt her go, another gift of the magic. He kept on counting, brushing away the tears on his cheeks.

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work.

Even though sometimes you feel like you're hand cuffed you're really not because it really takes skill to play the music properly.