Fist Quotes

321 Fist quotes by 265 unique authors

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. — Christine Quinn
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence… — Unknown Author
hanging out the window, Amber blew her a kiss. a lump the size of a fist clogged Heather's throat, while a breeze from th sea… — Lurlene McDaniel
It's true, isn't it, that each of us has two hearts? The secret heart, curled behind like a fist, living gnarled and shrunken beneath the… — Carolyn Parkhurst
If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the… — Malcolm Muggeridge
One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist. — Jhumpa Lahiri
Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting. — Ariel Gore
It’s a small story really, about, among other things: * A girl * Some words * An accordionist * Some fanatical Germans * A Jewish… — Markus Zusak
Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. — Robin Hobb
I can see inside planes!' he yells. 'Come and look!' It's difficult climbing in a mini dress...I haul myself up even though my arms ache.… — Jenny Downham
said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him… — James A. Owen
Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end;… — Ayn Rand
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for… — Barbara Kingsolver
Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew. — Markus Zusak
Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion. — Ellen Kushner
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If… — Max Lucado
We are Born like this Into this Into these carefully mad wars Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness Into bars where people… — Charles Bukowski
[Roland] jerked back too fast to see, and his fist was suddenly connecting with my chin. I didn't pass out, but my body went limp.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine. — Vladimir Nabokov
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek… — Barack Obama
We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist. — Barack Obama
Your chances of getting hit by lighting go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!! — Johnny Carson
...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a… — Che Guevara
Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple's cat. — Joseph Heller
I tried out the unfamiliar syllables. They fit. They cracked in my ears like a fist through ice. — Louise Erdrich

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