Hand Quotes

8515 Hand quotes by 4509 unique authors

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to… — Mercy Otis Warren
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… — Samuel Adams
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any… — George Washington
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be… — George Washington
Once I was coming down a street in Beverly Hills and I saw a Cadillac about a block long, and out of the side window… — Dorothy Parker
My life now centered around sleepless nights and stand-bys, dodging the Brits and calming nerves to go out on operations. But the people stood by… — Bobby Sands
Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me... — Steve Earle
The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost as unprecedented as… — James Madison
Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves! — Daniel Defoe
One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset. When I look… — Carl Rogers
If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with… — Joan Didion
I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured.… — Jean-Paul Sartre
I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness… — Thucydides
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to… — Jimmy Carter
Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand… — Sol LeWitt
The world is tired of seeing the perpetuation of violence and terrorism, but the effort to create a real peace needs to go hand in… — Mohammad Khatami
The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance. — Mike Huckabee
The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good… — Thom Yorke
I use various soaps and hand sanitizers in the shower. I shower maybe fifteen times a day, but Thom Yorke is never really clean *laughs*. — Thom Yorke
These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while… — Giorgio Vasari
Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round. — Herman Melville
THIS dust was once the Man, / Gentle, plain, just and resolute—under whose cautious hand, / Against the foulest crime in history known in any… — Walt Whitman
A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing. — Bret Harte
A phrase is born into the world both good and bad at the same time. The secret lies in a slight, an almost invisible twist.… — Isaac Babel
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark? — Ursula K. Le Guin

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