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Quotes About Hand

But on that pale hand is no ring of mine, To no one will I give it, ever. The new moon's golden beam forged it for me, And slipping it on in my sleep, whispered to me entreatingly; "Treasure this gift, be proud of the dream!" I won't give the ring to anyone, ever.
~ Anna Akhmatova
I tried to divert myself by reading, and I think my love for books which presently grew into a passion had its inception in that monotonous succession of day after day without a break in the suspense which held me like a hand upon my throat.
~ Anna Katharine Green
You could take the entirety of the common sense of humans and put it in the palm of your hand and still have room for your dick.
~ Anne Carson
New Ending. All over the world the beautiful red breezes went on blowing hand in hand.
~ Anne Carson
Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. ISAIAH 64:8
~ Anne Graham Lotz
She touched his hand, and he went stock-still. She leaned over to examine it, the top of her head brushing beneath his nose. Only his sudden immobility stopped him from violently pulling away. "From the candles?" Had she bathed in bloody honey?
~ Anne Mallory
Words? I tell you not to write me letters; I command you. Is it not enough to want you so in vain, but you send me what evokes you here before me -- this paper, all along whose lines your hand has lain?
~ ANNE REEVE ALDRICH
I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelganger trying to get out. Beware...Beware...
~ Anne Sexton
There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.
~ Paul Castellano
Odysseus. Say, Diomede, wilt make the men thy share, Or catch the steeds and leave the fight to me? Diomede. I take the killing, thou the stablery: It needs keen wit and a neat hand.
~ Euripides
Dennis hesitated with his fingers on the handle and was aware of communication with another hand beyond the panels. Thus in a hundred novels had loves stood.
~ Evelyn Waugh
I'll tell you God's truth." His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
But my sadness is comforting Because it's right and natural And because it's what the soul should feel When it already thinks it exists And the hand pick flowers And the soul takes no notice.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Peguei no meu coração E pu-lo na minha mão. Olhei-o como quem olha Grãos se areia ou uma folha. Olhei-o pávido e absorto Como quem sabe estar morto. Como a alma só comovida Do sonho e pouco da vida.
~ Fernando Pessoa
The opium of majestic twilights, and the marvel stretching out in the darkness, as the hand withdraws from the tatters …
~ Fernando Pessoa
To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful ape cam from the hand of Providence.
~ Flannery O'Connor
The celebrity craze is a little much. But it's good for me, so you don't bite the hand that feeds you.
~ Peter Falk
We have major fiscal problems on our hand.
~ Chaka Fattah
When Complex hired me, originally I wasn't at First We Feast, I was just like a hired hand for Complex. They'd send me out to different events or they'd have people visiting the office and I'd do interviews with athletes, musicians, whoever.
~ Sean Evans
Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.
~ Aristotle
We've got ballots flying around, being counted by hand, arriving by truck and in God knows whose custody.
~ David Axelrod
The danger of paired flops is directly related to how high the pair is: there's less risk in a flop like 2-2-7 than Q-Q-8. Why? Because most players will fold a hand that contains a deuce but will play hands that contain a queen like A-Q, K-Q, Q-J, or Q-10.
~ Daniel Negreanu
Before you even consider making a value bet, try to determine if the bet will have any value at all. Attempt to put your opponent on a hand that he'd likely call a bet with on the river. To do this, you'll have to mentally play back the details of the hand. Think about your opponent's playing tendencies.
~ Daniel Negreanu
If a hand, a situation, a wave were ever to raise me up and carry me to where I could command power and influence, I would destroy the circumstances that had favoured me, and I would hurl myself down into the humble, speechless, insignificant darkness. I can only breathe in the lower regions.
~ Robert Walser