Hands Quotes

It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

~ Cornelius Vanderbilt

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

~ William Lloyd Garrison

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!

~ Davy Crockett

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

~ Billy Graham

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

~ Martin Luther

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding we are channels made for sharing.

~ Billy Graham

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.

~ George Washington

You're a song written by the hands of God.

~ Shakira

God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.

~ Johnny Cash

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

~ Truman Capote

My knowledge of electrical subjects was not acquired in a methodical manner but was picked up from such books as I could get hold of and from such experiments as I could make with my own hands.

~ Alexander Graham Bell

The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.

~ Naveen Jain

I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours anymore.

~ Steve Jobs

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

~ Lee Iacocca

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.

~ H. Rap Brown

She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.

~ Arthur Baer

The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.

~ Mark Bittman

The Republican Party is not in the hands of the Jewish lobby in America as the Democratic Party must look quite often to Jewish money to finance candidates.

~ Pete Mccloskey

Even though people pretend that medical records are privileged information, anyone can already get their hands on them.

~ Craig Venter

There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.

~ Maria Semple

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

~ Joseph Conrad

The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.

~ Jules Verne

Do you have hands? Excellent. That's a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle.

~ Chris Riddell

You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.

~ Barton Gellman

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.

~ Nick Offerman

In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.

~ Loni Anderson

Every living soul among the Latter-day Saints that fasts two meals once a month will be benefited spiritually and be built up in the faith of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ - benefited spiritually in a wonderful way - and sufficient means will be in the hands of the bishops to take care of all the poor.

~ Heber J. Grant

I wouldn't know how to design. I couldn't even if I wanted to, for I can't draw, and a pair of scissors in my hands becomes a dangerous weapon.

~ Jean Patou

I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.

~ Brad Pitt

In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.

~ Rowan Williams

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

~ Dwayne Johnson

Eid is here! On the first day, it is a custom for all Malaysian Muslims to ask for forgiveness from our parents. We kiss their hands and wish them 'Selamat Hari Raya' or 'Eid Mubarak.' 'Maaf Zahir dan Batin' means 'to apologize in spirit and actions.'

~ Yuna

Natural beauty products are a must! I use coconut oil-based RMS makeup, and I slather almond oil on my hands to soak while I watch a movie.

~ Phoebe Tonkin

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.

~ André Gide

Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

~ Jerry Lewis

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

~ James L. Farmer

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

~ Michelangelo

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

~ Robert Mapplethorpe

Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

~ Pope Francis

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

~ Ambrose Bierce