Hands Quotes

12486 Hands quotes by 5912 unique authors

There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death. — Francis Picabia
Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand,… — Seneca the Younger
They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands… — Desiderius Erasmus
Come mothers and fathers. Throughout the land and don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old… — Bob Dylan
Fonny and I just sat there... while the voices of the congregation rose and rose around us, without mercy... Teddy had the tambourine, and gave… — James A. Baldwin
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist. — Kenneth Tynan
I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to go to Birmingham… — Don Helms
When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling.… — Daryl Hall
All the feeling which my father could not put into words was in his hand-any dog, child or horse would recognize the kindness of it. — Freya Stark
Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house! — Nanci Griffith
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He… — Lin Yutang
The Montefiores have taken Australia for their own, and there is not a gold field or a sheep run from Tasmania to New South Wales… — Unknown Author
I am afraid the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can, and do, create money...And they who control the credit… — Reginald McKenna
What happens a lot with songwriting is that a melody or rhythm or something stays with you like catching a cold. And during that time… — Thom Yorke
Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left. — Art Tatum
I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over four hours worth… — Hans Zimmer
There are more than 100 first- and second- hand witnesses to the retrieval of an extraterrestrial spacecraft and at least four extraterrestrial bodies from a… — Steven M. Greer
A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you… — Charles Robert Maturin
A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes and speaks for him. And the things the… — D. H. Lawrence
I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot. — Samuel Goldwyn
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the… — Barack Obama

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