Quote by Barbara Bolt

“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of man.”

— Jacob Bronowski

“There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

— Diane Arbus

“All things come to him who waits, and among them is that unpleasant sensation of a cold hand upon the portion of the body…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“When the universe takes something from your grasp, it is not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.”

— Serena J. Dyer

“You are more ready and able to grasp at opportunity when your hands are empty.”

— Christy Hall

“We don’t get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.”

— Sylvia Boorstein

“The concept of a weary severed hand, exhausted from relentless creeping, made no sense.”

— Dean Koontz

“Whatever thing the mind can imagine, the eyes can see, the hands will soon handle.”

— Ogwo David Emenike

“The grasping mind holds on to everything – beliefs, people, possessions – so that it seems as though there is hardly any room to breathe.”

— Gyalwa Dokhampa

“Hand could never really grasp it.”

— Robert Aickman

“We suffer sometimes from the hubris of believing that control is a matter of applying sufficient force, or a sufficiently detailed set of instructions.”

— Mark Burgess