Hands Quotes
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By an ambitious chieftain, aiming only to aggrandize himself and establish his power, the subject might have been regarded in a different light; but the designs and actions of Washington centred in nobler objects, the freedom, tranquillity, and happiness of his country, in which he was to participate equally with every other citizen, neither seeking nor expecting any other preeminence than that of having been an instrument in the hand of Providence.
George Washington
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An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.
George Washington
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I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.
Terry Bradshaw
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There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on.
Layne Thomas Staley Alice in Chains
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Violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easier to use your hands to strike a blow then to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to a problem.
Anne Holm
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I was used to having stones in my hands, but I realized now I needed both hands free to get to work… On me.
Benjamin L. Corey
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If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Finally, by lifting our hands we symbolically receive everything God is doing in our lives.
Bob Sorge
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Two hands are better than four sometimes.
Antonia White
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Taking a lady's hand gives her confidence in her physician.
William Osler
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My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.
William Shakespeare
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The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.
Elvis Costello
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I can't memorize names and shake hands at the same time.
Scott Adams
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Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.
Allen Tate
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If you look at some of the clips of me in the operating room, I sit in the chair, I control the microscope with my mouth, I connect, my hands are always working in the brain, my feet are controlling everything.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
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What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?
Homer
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I'm missing a knuckle, it's crushed inside my hand at the moment.
Trish Stratus
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When life hands me lemons I hand them back and pick something else.
Behdad Sami
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Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.
Tom Heinsohn
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The first thing I notice about a girl, is her hands. I like girls with nice hands. ... And she must be spontaneous as well.
Bill Kaulitz
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Game, noun: Any unserious occupation designed for the relaxation of busy people and the distraction of idle ones. It's used to take people to whom we have nothing to say off our hands, and sometimes even ourselves.
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
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You're not going to see your dreams come true if you don't put wings, legs, arms, hands, and feet on 'em.
Dolly Parton
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She smoked because she craved something to do with her hands, that delicate interplay of light and cup and first inhale. Craved the repetition of it. It was so difficult sometimes to be still in a room, alone with oneself. To bare oneself to the lonely.
Kate Zambreno
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Alice?” She spun toward the door, her skirts whirling softly. “Yes?” she forced out. “Do you know what I am holding in my hand?” “No.” “Care to guess?” “A pitchfork?” she asked in a stilted attempt at levity, hoping to invoke his earlier, playful mood. “No, my dear,” he answered drily. “A key to your room.” “What?”she breathed, aghast. “I should hate to have to use it.” “You have a key to this room?” “Mm-hmm.” She took a step toward the door, panic rising up in her throat. “You’re bluffing!” “Do you wish me to prove it?
Gaelen Foley