Handed Quotes

537 quotes by 464 authors

Lord save us from off-handed, flabby-cheeked, brittle-boned, weak-kneed, thin-skinned, pliable, plastic, spineless, effeminate, ossified, three-karat Christianity. — Billy Sunday
One fan asked me to sign their sock -laughs- that was crazy. They just took off their shoe and handed me their sock and asked… — Miranda Cosgrove
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally,… — Martin Chemnitz
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. — Donald Pleasence
In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This… — Virginia Graham
I have been, all my life, what is known as a conservationist. It seems clear beyond possibility of argument that any given generation of men… — Roderick Haig-Brown
I handed over names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union. — Aldrich Ames
The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if… — Lewis Hyde
In my experience, the heavy-handed, terror-inspiring approach closes as many doors as it smashes open. — Dan Abnett
I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage.… — Louise Mensch
I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never… — Louise Mensch
I could hear the knock and whistle of the water pipes, the purr of the calico cat. And at that moment a happiness filled me… — David Leavitt
It's high time that Christians made up their minds to do something . . . What are we going to show in the way of… — Hans Scholl
I think everything can be painted because painting can change reality; but everything cannot be photographed and the photographer often comes home empty-handed, with images… — Martine Franck
I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read… — R A Salvatore
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation… — Hirohito
Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of… — Zhuangzi
And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts. — Robert Jay Lifton
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one… — Lee Ann Womack
Remember, too, that at a time when people are very concerned with their health and its relationship to what they eat, we have handed over… — Unknown Author

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