Hand Quotes

8515 Hand quotes by 4509 unique authors

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. — George Henry Lewes
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of… — N. Scott Momaday
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch
Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if… — Niccolo Machiavelli
One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball… — Mike Tyson
We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand… — Stephen Breyer
People who have been wronged will attempt to right the wrong; they would not be people if they didn't. They can rarely afford to be… — James A. Baldwin
If the new movies do contradict my books in some way, I can probably come up with some hand-waving story that will explain the apparent… — Timothy Zahn
Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy. — Clarice Lispector
I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of… — Malala Yousafzai
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the… — Swami Vivekananda
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our… — Samuel Rutherford
The great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence, with his own hand, planted me here, where by his… — Samuel Rutherford
Whoever wishes to blame or attack me is entitled to do so. I regret I didn't have enough experience to totally control the movement. On… — Pol Pot
And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry.… — Lauren Oliver
You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are. — Jack Gantos
Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not… — Chrysippus
I realized that I needed to be more like the shepherd than the hired hand in protecting my team. — Tony Dungy
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our… — William Tecumseh Sherman
More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. — Helen Keller
I'm a winner...I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand, — LeBron James
The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter,… — Maximilien Robespierre
The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration from both [Gaza]… — Moshe Dayan
I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together. — Robert Mapplethorpe
The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, [and]… — Christopher Columbus

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