Quotes About Handshake
You should introduce me to your friend." Reacher stepped up and said his name and shook her hand. It felt like a dove's wing in a gorilla's paw.
~ Lee Child
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Oh, hello, Dr. M says, shaking Balder's hand. Wonderful costume. I'm a bit of a role player myself on the weekends. Tell me, where did you get the helmet? It was forged in the North, blessed by the hands of Odin, given to me by my mother, Frigg, Balder answers. Lovely. I got mine on the Internet.
~ Libba Bray
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I don't mind shaking hands with a human being, are you one?
~ Alex Haley
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Cooper was also glad to see McCrae didn't feel the need to resort to some kind of macho game of whose handshake is the firmest to prove who would control their little meeting. But then, he did have a gun strapped to his hip, Cooper noted, so possibly that was simply unnecessary.
~ Donna Kauffman
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What have I kept of Rae Evans from the moment when she half stood behind her desk and held out her hand to shake mine? I think it is the impression of white--white face, white shirt between two halves of a power dark suit. Hers were night colors, and though it was early in the morning, and she was my new boss, it seemed as though the business day had not quite caught up to us, and maybe never would.
~ Dorothy Johnston
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I am a fan of actor Richard Gere. When he came to Hyderabad for an AIDS awareness programme, I went up and shook hands with him.
~ Sangeetha Krish
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Both my parents were educators, so interviews and college applications and shaking hands and looking people in the eye and feeling confident and knowing what you can bring to any project or audition - I've known about these things my entire life.
~ Vanessa Williams
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prononçant le nom de Valentine et en vous serrant la main ? – Oui, vous avez deviné juste, Morrel, dit le comte avec simplicité, et c'est ainsi que je l'entends. – Merci ; l'idée que demain je ne souffrirai plus est suave à mon pauvre coeur.
~ Alexandre Dumas
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I think of the meaning of the word testimony. Originally it named the custom of two men holding each other's testicles in a gesture of trust, later to metamorphose into the handshake.
~ Alice Walker
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Goodbye forever" is the perfect joke, because forever is impossible. Every night I say it, and every morning I see my father again. Forever is meaningless. Tough talk, an empty threat. Forever is our secret handshake. Our code word. Our decoder ring. Not a measurement of time at all. I know this because "Goodbye Forever" comes easily. The passage of actual time is much more difficult.
~ Joey Comeau
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Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.
~ Harold Eugene Edgerton
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But now you must give me your hand, an agreement of this sort needs to be confirmed with a handshake." Will she shake hands with me?
~ Franz Kafka
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Sailors broke down the creamy high-end tents, packed them into neat small bundles and loaded them and the yacht kids into the powerboat. "Goodbye," said James to me before he boarded. We shook hands on it. "I fear we will not meet again. From here to eternity." "OK," I said. "But what's your Snapchat?" "I'm not allowed Snapchat." "Instagram, then.
~ Lydia Millet
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Only assholes shake hands for business, for show, good people shake hands because it's just to do so.
~ Ryan Pack
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She shook my hand, loosely, like Indians do, using only her fingers. Not like those tight grips that white people use to prove something. She touched my hand like she was glad to see me, not like she wanted to break bones.
~ Sherman Alexie
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The next morning, my grandfather's staff lined up at the gangway to shake his hand and bid him an affectionate farewell.
~ John McCain
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Just look at Gal Gadot when she smiles or when she meets somebody and shakes their hand. That is the embodiment of Wonder Woman. She is so beautiful and powerful, but kind and generous and thoughtful. She's just an amazing person.
~ Patty Jenkins
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At the base of my right forefinger is an inch-and-a-half diagonal callus, yellowish-brown in color, where the heels of all the knives I've ever owned have rested, the skin softened by constant immersion in water. It distinguishes me immediately as a cook, as someone who's been on the job a long time. You can feel it when I shake my hand, just as I feel it on others of my profession. It's a secret sign, a sort of Masonic handshake without the silliness.
~ Anthony Bourdain
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I like the laid-back, polite, respectful courteous personality cowboys have. Guys almost lay down their life for you if they're your friends. You exist on a handshake rather than a signed contract.
~ Jeff Kent
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
~ Lee Iacocca
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People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.
~ James Caan
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Instead of rising, as a hostess should, and shaking hands, she only turned her head and smiled at him. Lady Denny saw that smile, and, glancing swiftly at Damerel, saw the smile that answered it. As well might they have kissed!
~ Georgette Heyer
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Obviously I love the fans, and it's beyond lovely that people like my work, and I love saying 'Hi,' shaking a hand, doing a high five. All that's fine. But the posing for photos is so time-consuming and frankly a bit weird.
~ Miranda Hart
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When the evening was over Alistair Cooke shook my hand goodbye and held it firmly, saying, 'This hand you are shaking once shook the hand of Bertrand Russell.' 'Wow!' I said, duly impressed. 'No, No,' said Cooke, 'It goes further than that. Bertrand Russell knew Robert Browning. Bertrand Russell's aunt danced with Napoleon. That's how close we all are to history. Just a few handshakes away. Never forget that.
~ Stephen Fry
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