Quotes About Gesture

And she now knew the miracle wasn't the banana, it was the hand that offered the banana.

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind badger.

Gentil é uma palavra como caridade; implica um esforço. Como aquela frase de para-choque de caminhão que fala de gestos aleatórios de gentileza. Gentil deveria ser o modo como uma pessoa é sempre, não um gesto que ela opta por fazer.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

There's an elderly woman fussing with the top of the cream pitcher, trying to get it open. Her purse sits on the counter, but as I approach, she picks up the handbag and anchors it to her side, crossing her arm over the strap. "Oh, that pitcher can be tricky," I say. "Can I help?" She thanks me and smiles when I hand her back the cream. I'm sure she doesn't even realize she moved her purse when I got closer. But I did.

Can you tell me what it means to waive your rights? I hold my breath as Jacob hesitates. And then slowly, beautifully, the right fist he's been banging against the wooden railing unfurls and is raised over his head, moving back and forth like a metronome.

His hand fell like a prayer on her temple.

He spread his hands in a gesture more Gallic than Oriental.

While talking on the cube to them, I made a casual gesture, touching middle finger to cheekbone, that used to be phone code: 'Disregard this; someone may be listening.' Most of them returned the gesture.

oriental marionette imitating an occidental gesture.

As a boy, all I ever wanted was this: a life dedicated to art; every idea, every breath an artistic gesture. And here is this girl before me, blowing on her hands to keep warm. And why am I so worried it's not going to last?

her mouth working mutely like the valve of an undersea creature

He held it out to Maude, who leaned forward, keeping her eyes locked on his as the cigarette began to spark, and then she sat back again, her left hand poised on the mattress behind her. She continued to stare at him before turning her face towards the ceiling and blowing a great cloud of white smoke in the air, as if she was preparing to announce the election of a new Pope.

Mr. Gaul took off his spectacles, a gesture of his which always accompanied the reception of anything startling. But he only twisted them in his hands and replaced them carefully. Had the event been more personally arresting he would have cleaned them with his coat-sleeve. Confronted by a shipwreck he might even have rubbed them against his trousers.

You would have loved the gift I didn't bother getting you.

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

My middle finger is used when words aren't enough for people to understand that they're annoying.

A hug is the perfect gift- one size fits all and nobody minds if you exchange it.

If a girl leans toward you, kiss her. If her hand is free, hold it. If she's upset, hug her until she is okay.

Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts.

Why, this hath not a finger's dignity.

Like a white-haired whirlwind, Janet embraced the younger, taller woman with a deep sigh.

He held out his hand to Sophie, just like Mrs. Pentstemmon, but a little less royally. Sophie levered herself up, wondering if she was meant to kiss this hand or not. But since she felt more like raising her stick and beating the King over the head with it, she shook the King's hand and gave a creaking little curtsy.

And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is.