Quotes About Gesture

Ages ago, my girlfriend had this little park near her house, with a bridge running over a stream... and I set up all these candles on the bridge. But when I called her and told her she said it was too dark and she wasn't coming out.

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity.

Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

Through conducting, you express through your arms, through your face and even the body, what you want to tell, so the musicians of the orchestra understand.

I once kissed a boy at my first job because he offered to record the Oscars for me.

Each implementation of human effort, however minute the overall result may be, is summed up in the gesture of the sower - sometimes an awe-inspiring gesture.

she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.

Stepping back, he went to his bedside table. He returned carrying something. Opening his palm, he revealed the heart-shaped pendant he'd given her so many months ago. "I've kept this," he explained. "You might say it's become a talisman of sorts. I... I carry it everywhere. But I'm going to give it to you again, if you'll take it. Whether you decide ever to wear it or not is up to you." "Jack," she murmured, as she let him press the jewelry into her hand.

Fred swiped two fingers across his faceplate in a Spartan smile

He held up two fingers, in case a landman might not fully comprehend so great a number.

Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression.

Instead of buying something for you that you want I give you something that is mine, truly mine. A gift, a sign of respect for the person I have in front of me. Now you have a little piece of me with you which I gave you freely and spontaniously.

Au lieu de t'acheter un objet que tu aimerais posséder, je te donne un objet qui m'appartiens, vraiment à moi, un cadeau. C'est un témoignage de respect envers celui qui se tient face à moi. une façon de lui faire comprendre combien il importe d'être près de lui. Il possède maintenant une petite part de moi-même, que je lui ai librement et spontanément remise.

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because it's too natural to do.

The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake.

Even coming to Paris had been a lovely gesture, but it was still wild and impulsive, and did not respect what she'd asked him, to stay away from her, and forget the moment of insanity they had indulged in London.

put an arm around her shoulders as they walked

She smiled at him, touched by what he had said, and grateful for his friendship. He took her home that night, and walked her upstairs. He didn't ask to come in, and he never mentioned the world tour. But he surprised her by sending her flowers the next day

He opened the door wider. He's waiting. He gave me what was probably meant to be a significant wink, but a corner of his mouth moved more than his eye did and the result was a fairly startling face.

The chief winked at me, an athletic wink in which all his facial muscles took part....

Desapareció -dijo Spade- como desaparece un puño cuando se abre la mano

She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.

She bit her lip, a movement he didn't see because he was getting out of the car. He poked his head back in. "Have a good life, Kate. You ever need anything