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Quotes About Gesture

When we raise one hand to say "bye-bye" we are gesturing that we are going apart from each other, whereas when we join our palms and bow our head, our hearts become closer.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
I can't 'make' you love me. But I can fill my pantry with your favourite snacks and offer you a weekly stipend of $75.
~ Rob Delaney
Speak, hands, for me!
~ William Shakespeare
Paddling palms and pinching fingers.
~ William Shakespeare
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
~ William Shakespeare
Our new heraldry is hands not hearts.
~ William Shakespeare
If you are minimal, then even a small gesture becomes a big deal.
~ William Shatner
Don't be silly. I'll just pick you up and carry you, like a princess," he said, holding out his arms toward me.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Elleri yüzlere ye?lerim. Yüzler, ?imdiki zamanla ?i?mi?, aptal, yabanc?d?rlar, an?lar?yla hiç uzla?amazlar ama ellerin resmi, hemen hemen dinsel, uzun sureli bir görgüleri var ve tarafs?z bir içtenlikleri. Kan?t?: aynaya hiç bakmazlar. Bak??lar?n? ve duru?lar?n? hiç hesaplamazlar.
~ Yannis Ritsos
there's a very well-known method for getting women, everybody knows it, it's not to say a word.
~ Yasmina Reza
No reason, Em,' said Dex. 'I just really, really want to tip you' and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.
~ David Nichols
Cam turned to point to it out.
~ David S. Brody
Nunca le niegues el saludo a nadie, me explicaba, no les concedas la ventaja de que sepan lo que piensas de ellos.
~ David Trueba
Amber took charge, and ordered Tom to wheel her towards Sally. Then she handed her friend the flowers
~ David Walliams
My friends," he began, and one thumb securely hooked itself in his waistcoat pocket while his other hand hung at his side ready for a battery of theatrical gestures.
~ David Whitaker
Did you doze off there?" He shook my hand. "Uh, no. I was just tryin' to rub somethin' off the back of my eyelid.
~ David Wong
It was as close as an aristocratic Englishman could come to expressing real emotion, but it was enough for the princess. She pressed his hand.
~ Deanna Raybourn
There was no need to analyze the feelings that the people caught in the commission of the amorous act, held for each other, for it was literally written in their hands.
~ Noorilhuda, The Governess
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
~ William Arthur Ward
I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger.
~ Jay London
se cuadró y pidió un aparte.
~ Elena Garro
Suddenly he stopped in front of me and asked for a cigarette. I had a package of Players in my pocket and wanted to give them to him. But he refused to take the whole package, saying quite calmly that obviously he didn't have time to smoke them all.
~ Elie Wiesel
The way the Balinese see it, God takes what belongs to God—the gesture—while man takes what belongs to man—the food itself.)
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Plantain branches, like these ones here, Sister Whittaker, are also said to be symbolic of the human body. Because of that shape, plantains are used as gestures of peace—as gestures of humanity, you might say. You throw one on the ground at the feet of your enemy, to show your surrender or your willingness to consider compromise.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert