Quotes About Dexterity

Play the pentatonic blues scale, just for fret- and pick-hand dexterity and to mesh them both together.

It takes different mindsets to do different things.

I'm really fortunate that I type 120 words a minute.

It is almost possible to measure a writer's skill by the dexterity with which he repeats, and yet avoids monotony.

The hand is the visible part of the brain.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both.

Finesse is catching the baseball on the edge of your glove when you're turning two, making the one-handed grabs and shoestring tackles by running across the field in football. And finesse is what I bring to fighting.

You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.

I had physical disabilities as a kid. I had fine gross motor problems, so I didn't have natural dexterity in my hands. I also wore corrective braces on my legs, like in 'Forrest Gump.'

Yet is it not the heart but the members of play that elevate us above the beasts: the fingers with which we touch the clavichord or the flute, the tongue with which we jest and lie and seduce. Lacking members of play, what is there left for beasts to do when they are bored but sleep?

Cody is furiously explaining to his little son Tim 'Never let the right hand know what your left hand is doing'... Page 100.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type.

I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers.

I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.

The hand's dexterity is the physical manifestation of the mind's ingenuity,

I don't have the attention span to practice sleight of hand.

I know the way I play is with speed and ability.

My qualities are more when I move around and use my speed.

I like to do the splits onstage.

I try to do the fancy things out there by going with both hands, making crossover moves, and having a certain creativity and flair to my game.