Handed Quotes

537 quotes by 464 authors

Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other. — Harry S. Truman
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to… — Saint Augustine
The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be observed… — St. Jerome
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders.… — John the Apostle
Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being… — Eugene V. Debs
Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fathers handed down to us, that we hated, and never liked;… — Olive Schreiner
It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. — Hunter S. Thompson
A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's… — May Sarton
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from… — Christian Bale
Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinking and walking and looking, without being overly… — Richard Serra
In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me — Ethel Merman
I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning… — Sharon Stone
But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect — Alison Lohman
Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything — Elizabeth Taylor
I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I got so mad… — Peter Falk
So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me. — Terrence Howard
Now that I'm a dad, I'm practicing what I call 'one- handed cooking,' because I've got something more important in my other arm. I'm whipping… — Curtis Stone
I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it. — Aaron Paul
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do… — Bob Schieffer

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