Gesture Quotes

376 Gesture quotes by 304 unique authors

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never,… — Roland Barthes
London goes beyond any boundary or convention.It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement… — Peter Ackroyd
When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are… — Emile Chartier
Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been… — Plato
We can be dry as dust, distracted and insensible to God's presence. Still we can pray...and if we make even the smallest gesture of availability… — Carol Zaleski
As Gandhi wisely points out, even as we serve others we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturally… — Wayne Muller
But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into… — Ayn Rand
I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World Series in Philadelphia… — Herbert Hoover
The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in… — George Leigh Mallory
Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to college;… — Sharon Olds
The spirit listens only when the speaker speaks in gestures. And gestures do not mean signs or body movements, but acts of true abandon, acts… — Carlos Castaneda
Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics, and view of the world,… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it. — Norman Thomas
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that… — Bell Hooks
The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture. — Unknown Author
Living in memories is an empty gesture. — Rajneesh
It may be meaningless, but at least it's a gesture. — Dave Barry
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how… — Pema Chodron
Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content. — Jay Maisel
We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts. — Jay Maisel
Gesture is not always action. — Jay Maisel
If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her own repertory of… — Milan Kundera
True religion is a universal and (necessarily) ego-transcending psycho-physical motivation of human beings. However, up to the present stage in human history, only relatively few… — Adi Da
That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland — Jonathan Stroud

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