Hands Quotes
12486 quotes by 6225 authors
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider…
— Aristotle
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work,…
— Julian Assange
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no…
— Margaret Atwood
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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient,…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.
— John James Audubon
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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has…
— Saint Augustine
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come…
— Saint Augustine
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Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has…
— Jane Austen
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on…
— Alfred Austin
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now…
— Teresa of Avila
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God…
— Teresa of Avila
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God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or…
— Charles Babbage
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As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.
— Joe Baca
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Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
— Richard Bach
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You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.
— Michelle Bachelet
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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild…
— Lester Bangs
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