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Quotes About Gesture

If a dense human still fails to get the message, reach over and touch the item you intend for them to share, or touch an arm or cheek with your paw.
~ Unknown
I-Five had both hands up, the index fingers extended, like a child pretending to point a pair of blasters.
~ Michael Reaves
several old movies where the boy tossed pebbles at the girl's window. So I planned to use that approach. But
~ Michael Wolf
I've always said that the actor is only an element of the image, rarely the most important. The actor is important with his dialogue, with the landscape, with a gesture but the actor in himself is nothing.
~ Michelangelo Antonioni
Wait, I'm not done.. We didn't have a stuffed bear. And, since I'm not even sure what sort of beast a teddy bear is or where one would find it, I brought you a stuffed baldric instead. It will have to suffice." -Prince Quinn
~ Michelle M. Pillow
Unconditional acceptance, the complete trust family members ought to have for one another, is meaningful only when it is accompanied by an unstinting investment of attention. Otherwise it is just an empty gesture, a hypocritical pretense indistinguishable from disinterest.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Indians, not expecting to win, had no champagne with which to celebrate. The West Indians were well stocked, and Kapil, having gone to their dressing room to commiserate, saw the bottles stacked and asked Lloyd to give him some so he could toast the victory. It provided a wonderful final touch: beat the opponent and then drink his champagne.
~ Unknown
A woman is a person who reaches for a chair when she answers the telephone.
~ Unknown
the mnemonic gEt as above. Then turn to the West Make the "Horus Fighting" gesture and vibrate ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ as in GAme Turn to the South Make the "Horus Fighting" gesture and vibrate IIIIIII as in fEEd Return to face the East Now bend over and reach out to the Earth vibrating OOOOOOO as in HOt Then gradually unfolding, come up and place your hands on your heart and vibrate YYYYYYY as in NEw Finally stretching up to the heavens
~ Unknown
told off for waving her arms around.
~ Unknown
'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna give you a couple of shkiaffs ' or, 'Forget presentation, just shkiaff the food onto the plate.'
~ Nadia Giosia
She wouldn't have let him," Lucas said, touching Ashaya's face with his palm. It was a gesture of acceptance, as well as an alpha's offer of protection. "Dorian's mate is a strong woman.
~ Nalini Singh
replied as she reached
~ Unknown
Oh," she said, putting her hand to her throat -- it was a suprisingly long, slender hand, in contrast to the roundness of her face.
~ Nancy Garden
Sí que has hecho algo, idiota. Me has traído un regalo, y yo soy tan tonta y tan sentimental que me dan ganas de llorar. Y además me molesta no tener dinero para comprarte algo yo a ti. Ojalá pudiera.
~ Nancy Garden
The hand of one person may express more than the face of another.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
She laid her hand briefly against Hild's cheek, which startled Hild so much she nearly knocked her cup over.
~ Nicola Griffith
He laughed when he saw them, swung Begu off his horse and kissed her cheek, bowed to Breguswith and grinned at Hild.
~ Nicola Griffith
The woman knelt by Peretur, close enough to touch her on the knee, though she did not.
~ Nicola Griffith
Hild realised that every shape the man's body made refused the words, and the bard was nodding along. The bard had made the speech.
~ Nicola Griffith
He grinned, and winked one of those startling greened-bronze eyes.
~ Nicola Griffith
We shook hands. My mother showed me a dozen different handshakes. This is the one that means I don't think you're worth my attention: a quick shake, with her hand already sliding from mine before it was properly finished. This one shows I hold you in great contempt: a snakelike up and down, bending at the wrist, fingers stiff as though she couldn't wait to shake off my sweat. There were others. Cordova was a mixture of reserve and haste: fast, light, and whippy.
~ Nicola Griffith
The gesture, rather than the word, is the true transmitter of traditions.
~ Nicolás Gómez Dávila
He'd stepped off the straight path for her. More clearly than words, the act told Holly that Ryan loved her.
~ Unknown