Thumb Quotes

253 quotes by 210 authors

I don't think I'm ever more "aware" than I am right after I hit my thumb with a hammer. — Jack Handey
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at… — William Wallace Cook
From the moon, the Earth is so small and so fragile, and such a precious little spot in that Universe, that you can block it… — Rusty Schweickart
The US no longer does decisions. It can neither stop the drug traffic nor legalize it. It can neither win wars nor abandon them, neither… — Fred Reed
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents. — John W. Gardner
Security is a thumb and a blanket. Happiness is a warm puppy. — Charles M. Schulz
O, blackberry tart, with berries as big as your thumb, purple and black, and thick with juice, and a crust to endear them that will… — Richard Llewellyn
Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living. If you ever feel unsure of what you're supposed to do… — Marci Shimoff
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… — Alexander Pope
A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen… — Lawrence Summers
I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Youâ€™ve got to guess at worst cases: No model will tell you that. My rule of thumb is double the worst that you have ever… — Cliff Asness
He who has his thumb on the purse has the power. — Otto von Bismarck
My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater… — Gunter Grass
I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side… — Laura Mennell
More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds… — Marvin Olasky
A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when… — Bill Bryson
I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward… — Jeremy Piven
The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems to… — Leopold Auer
What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs,… — Jeffrey Donovan

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