Gesture Quotes

376 quotes by 312 authors

I actually started to think a lot about the difference between a creative gesture and a noncreative gesture. I decided that all gestures were creative.… — Andrea Zittel
A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Adolescents sense a secret, unique greatness in thems.elves that seeks expression. They gesture towards the heart when trying to express any of this, a significant… — Joseph Chilton Pearce
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to… — Peter Singer
Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, and… — Pope John Paul II
I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He… — Kirk Douglas
Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom. — B.F. Skinner
We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a… — Yitzhak Rabin
By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself.… — James Joyce
I can only gesture at what makes a story good. — Leonard Michaels
There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain… — Derrick Jensen
I often need physical gesture to balance dialogue. If I write in public, every time I need to know what a character is doing with… — Chuck Palahniuk
Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift. — David Steindl-Rast
So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It'sa peaceful gesture… — Snoop Dogg
Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural gesture of love. Nor must… — Gerald May
All it has experienced, tasted, suffered: The course of years, generations of animals, Oppression, recovery, friendship of sun and - Wind Will pour forth each… — Hermann Hesse
Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned… — Tom Paxton
I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands… — Benedict Cumberbatch
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be great… — Ralph Fiennes
Success...Is all about being able to extend love to people...not in a big capital-letter sense but in the everyday; little by little, task by task,… — Ralph Fiennes

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