Thumb Quotes
253 quotes by 217 authors
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With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought is…
— Jorma Kaukonen
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Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the meat of what…
— Chris Stapleton
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I don't like being under someone elses thumb. I'm very supportive of other female artists, especially those trying to make their own statement... trying to…
— Irene Cara
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Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take…
— Eddie Murphy
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Life was tough for me. When I was a kid, nobody played with me because they thought I looked ugly with my extra thumb. It…
— Hrithik Roshan
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Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what…
— Ricky Gervais
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Colored lights shone right across the northern sky, leaping and flaring, spreading in rainbow hues from horizon to zenith: blood red to rose pink, saffron…
— Celia Rees
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Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.
— Thom Yorke
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Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t…
— Bel Kaufman
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My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.
— Wolf Blitzer
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Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
— Solomon
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In doing one's work primarily for God, the fear of undue restriction is put, sooner or later, out of the question. He pays me and…
— Basil King
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There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests…
— Hal Higdon
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My space chums think my unique hookup with humanity could be evolution's awkward attempt to jump-start itself up again. They're thinking just maybe, going crazy…
— Lily Tomlin
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Some Native people suggest that one should test how cold the hands are by touching the thumb to the little finger of the same hand.…
— Mors Kochanski
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O sweet spontaneous earth how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee ,has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy…
— E E Cummings
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The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the…
— Edward T Welch
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The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen range…
— Patrick F. McManus
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Perhaps he had to be close in order to keep a reason for the things he did. To make the things he did be themselves…
— Robert Penn Warren
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