Quotes About Dexterity

we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.

Here she was, a women who could bolt-load a crossbow in under a second, put half a dozen long arrows in the air in fewer than five, blade a target dead through the sweet spot at six meters, on the run, on an off day; and yet knitting a pair of baby booties seemed completely beyond her power.

With a deftness born of long practice, she

A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide — these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.

Allomancy wasn't just about fighting and killing. It was about skill and grace. It was something beautiful.

People said when I was a young lad 'Oh he's got good feet.' He's good in small spaces and that's something I have always had since a young age.

I realized at a very young age that I had a gift to do special things with the ball.

I had learned that a dexterous, opposable thumb stood among the hallmarks of human success. We had maintained, even exaggerated, this important flexibility of our primate forebears, while most mammals had sacrificed it in specializing their digits. Carnivores run, stab, and scratch. My cat may manipulate me psychologically, but he'll never type or play the piano.

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

You got to figure out how to eat your snack while your elbows are touching. You got to learn how to twist your little plastic utensil.

Despite the meatiness of his fingers, Dominick showed himself to be a nimble texter.

Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine.

I do balisong knife twirling.

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

I'm a good juggler. If you want to court a woman, you need to be able to juggle five balls, fire, and knives.

He was skilled----at the end of the level, he could make Mario land at the top of the flagpole, something Sadie had never mastered. Although Sadie liked to be the player, there was a pleasure to watching someone who was a dexterous player---it was like watching a dance. He never looked over at her. He cleared the first boss battle, and the words BUT OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE appeared on the screen.

But somewhere, a child surprises himself with his endurance, his quick mind, his dexterous hands. Somewhere a child accomplishes with ease that which usually takes great effort. And this child, who has been blind to his past, but his heart still beats for the thrill of the race, this child's soul awakens. And a new champion walks among us.

You have more brain cells than there are grains of sand on your favorite beach, and you have cleverness, dexterity, and creativity—all of which powerfully combine when you are at risk—if you listen to your intuition

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints, the pulse in your fingers.

When I was younger, I used to have more flair, I used to do more tricks, the nutmegs, the step-overs.

I had always felt that mittens were a few steps back on the evolutionary scale-- why, I wondered, would we want to make ourselves into a less agile version of lobster.

I write right-handed. I play soccer with my left leg. When I hold stuff - like a bag or a plate or something - it's better if I have it in my left hand.