Handful Quotes

324 Handful quotes by 293 unique authors

You know, who tells the stories of a culture really governs human behavior. It used to be the parent, the school, the church, the community.… — George Gerbner
The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire… — Desiderius Erasmus
Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers. — Henry David Thoreau
After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines. — Joseph Barbera
I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful. — Mike Gordon
Among the handful of British diplomats and military men aware of their government's secret policy in the Middle East-that the Arabs were being encouraged to… — Scott Anderson
As you sift through this very solid-looking body, you have to go only so far before you end up with a handful of nothing. — Deepak Chopra
Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he ever so decent… — Theodor Fontane
We pursue her in her incessant metamorphoses yet we never manage to trap her. She always escapes: each encounter ends in flight. We embrace her… — Octavio Paz
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often… — Thomas Sankara
Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with… — Newt Gingrich
The earth's warmth under me, as I stretch out at night, is astonishing. It is like the warmth of another body that has absorbed the… — David Malouf
Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive… — Khalil Gibran
In 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo. — Louis C. K.
What I loved about bike racing was that it was not a mainstream sport. My heroes were self-made. There were no coaches, no training centers,… — Steve Tesich
As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God. — Isaac of Nineveh
Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by… — Isaac of Nineveh
But Angela had at least 30% more viewers on the same night at the same time. I mean, she wiped everybody out. But the sponsors… — Sharon Gless
It is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all… — Jhumpa Lahiri

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