Hand Quotes - page 2

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. (Graham Greene)
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. View quote
George Eliot
Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. View quote
Johann Sebastian Bach
The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. View quote
James Shirley
A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. View quote
Edward Gibbon
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. View quote
John Ruskin
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. View quote
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. View quote
Samuel Johnson
The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand. View quote
Willa Cather
How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand. (Emo Philips)
Satanism is not a white light religion; it is a religion of the flesh, the mundane, the carnal - all of which are ruled by Satan, the personification of the Left Hand Path. View quote
Anton LaVey
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. View quote
Thomas Friedman
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off. View quote
George Herbert
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. View quote
Joseph Roux
On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism. View quote
Robert Delaunay
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. View quote
Yasser Arafat
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed. View quote
A. E. Housman
Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand; he goes one further and clinches his fist. View quote
Kenneth Tynan
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
What now on the other hand makes people sociable is their incapacity to endure solitude and thus themselves. (Arthur Schopenhauer)
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. View quote
H. G. Wells
I can count on one hand how many people I trust. View quote
Frances Bean Cobain
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. View quote
Malcolm X