Gestures Quotes

552 Gestures quotes by 444 unique authors

Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance. — Ronald Reagan
The real master is only a presence. He has no intentions of being a master. His presence is his teaching. His love is his message.… — Rajneesh
Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he… — Ernest Holmes
For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become the icon for… — Pope Benedict XVI
There is no greater enjoyment than that of sharing something. Have you given something to somebody? That`s why people enjoy giving gifts so much. It… — Rajneesh
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
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and… — Jackie Huggins
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have the other know-but… — Andre Gide
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
No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do. — Nick Offerman
A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures. — Michael Eisner
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is as much a… — Desmond Morris
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
The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything - gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness - rediscovers itself at precisely the… — Antonin Artaud
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
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.… — E. M. Forster
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

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