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Quotes About Hands

I recall that your hands were on her but her eyes were on me.
~ Holly Black
Mostly, his obligations appear to be allowing his ring-covered hands to be kissed and accepting the blandishments of the Folk. I'm sure he enjoys that part of it- the kisses, the bowing and scraping. He's certainly enjoying the wine.
~ Holly Black
The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.
~ Homer
If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.
~ Unknown
She hit the package straight on. It fell into Ben's hands. "Nice shot." He handed it to her. "Thanks," she said. "Open it," instructed Jessica, as if Zoe had been
~ Liane Moriarty
The sauce was so spicy it made her cheeks glisten, and I had to clasp my hands together so that I did not reach out and touch her skin.
~ Lily King
I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and if he had ever made another class that he intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands.
~ Unknown
I insist, that if there is ANY THING which it is the duty of the WHOLE PEOPLE to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity, of their own liberties, and institutions.
~ Unknown
Gobs of fresh, unpolluted air and barrels of bright sunshine are also necessities to keep them out of hospitals. A lack of any of these, plus suppression of activity—can make Geminis susceptible to accidents and infections involving the shoulders, arms, hands and fingers.
~ Unknown
There is a strong connection between our ability to use our hands in useful work, and our ability to find happiness in daily life... daily repetitive tasks (are) the compulsive calmness that infuses our pedestrian chores with poetry. - Annie Modessitt
~ Unknown
bin that everyone seemed intent on not emptying, contents pressed down into its bowels by the lazy, flat-palmed hands of her family.
~ Lisa Jewell
Want to try it?" Dad offered, patting the arm of the chair. "Fifteen different kinds of massage. It analyzes your back muscles and makes recommendations. It also grabs and stretches the thigh and calf muscles." "No, thanks. I prefer my furniture to keep its hands to itself.
~ Lisa Kleypas
In our country, the vast majority of our critical infrastructure and intellectual property is of course in the hands of the private sector.
~ Christopher A. Wray
The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.
~ Spiro T. Agnew
My fans go crazy over jaw clenches. They also love hand veins... they're infatuated with hands in general.
~ Jacob Whitesides
I think companies need to put up tools that put privacy and security in the hands of their users and make it easy to understand those tools. In Google's case, two-step verification is a perfect example of this.
~ Jared Cohen
I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were disgusting. I had three years of Irish dirt under my nails. I had to have manicures and everything.
~ George Blagden
In any case, I had no time to waste on deciphering human behavior. "Thank you very much," I said as I tried to undrape Camilla without causing any serious injuries to either of us. She had locked her hands around my neck and I pried at them, but she clung like a barnacle.
~ Jeff Lindsay
The most important concept about our economic future is that it is our choice and in our hands, both individually and collectively as citizens.
~ Jeffrey D. Sachs
Luce put his hand on the small of my back. Men have an annoying way of doing that. They touch your back as though there's a handle there, and direct you where they want you to go. Or they place their hand on your head, paternally. Men and their hands.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
She was setting out china cups in their saucers, her long pale hands almost the same color as the cream china. How do you take yours? Four creams, two sugars, Riley said, still mesmerized by her. She stopped with a small waxed carton in her hand. Really? He's very young, Gabe said. I take mine black. He's very boring, Riley said. Is that real cream?
~ Jennifer Crusie
It was odd and intimate, their hands connected, their heads in different rooms. They could talk. They could hold hands. But they couldn't see each other's faces.
~ Jess Walter
Breathe. Just breathe." "There's no air, Blythe." "Reach for me. I won't let you drown. I'm right here." He rubs my back some more and then laughs lightly. "You're already taken." "I have two hands, Sabin. Grab one." He thinks for a while, and I feel him take hold of his own hands to fully encircle me in his embrace. "I'm trying, love. I'm trying.
~ Jessica Park
Concurring hands divide flax for damask that when bleached by Irish weather has the silvered chamois-leather water-tightness of a skin.
~ Marianne Moore