Gesture Quotes

376 quotes by 304 authors

A compelling and important story of First Word War Scotland, a time when women redefined the word hope as the world was losing its innocence.… — Ami McKay
The big moment came when it was decided to paint...Just To Paint. The gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation, from Value- political,… — Harold Rosenberg
Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and the soles of… — Robert Macfarlane
Every kingdom work, whether publicly performed or privately endeavored, partakes of the kingdom's imperishable character. Every honest intention, every stumbling word of witness, every resistance… — Randy Alcorn
I never had come up with a really profound and strong gesture - nothing like Julia Butterfly's. So I figured the best thing I could… — Daryl Hannah
Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture. — Craig Newmark
The nondual universe of One Taste arises as a spontaneous gesture of your own true nature. — Ken Wilber
Call it my little gesture toward social conscience, but I like to think I'm teaching a certain number of people to read. Now that sounds… — David Eddings
Shape without form, shade without color, Paralyzed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom Remember us-if at… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
They are poets of gesture. — George Balanchine
The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread… — Roger Rosenblatt
If in this supreme test, in face of which the braggart falls silent and every heroic gesture is paralyzed, a man walks straight up to… — Josef Pieper
Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the blood, of the senses. — Henry Williamson
Sometimes, all it takes is one gesture, one word, to change the course of someone's life. Even if you know it won't last forever. — Jean-Claude Izzo
Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that it's not been all waste,… — John L'Heureux
Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of getting out of… — Peter Sellers
While I was the mayor of BogotÃ¡, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made a hole right… — Antanas Mockus
Itâ€™s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying. — Hayao Miyazaki
I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect. — Sarah J. Maas
As a reader, youâ€™re often inside one or more character heads, so you know what theyâ€™re feeling, even if they canâ€™t exactly say it, or… — Will Schwalbe

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