Quotes by Gestures In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace. J. G. Ballard gestureslegswar Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace. Jacques Derrida gesturesopening-uprisk What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? Jacques Lacan gesturestablescards The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter. James Elkins gesturesmattermemories I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. James Levine gesturesbigsproblem Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out. James Levine gesturesdelusionorchestra There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. James Levine gesturesorchestra It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned to talk? J. K. Rowling gesturessimplecomfort Don't underestimate your own strength. To persevere. To make it through the most difficult of times. And, JUST as importantly, don't underestimate your ability to help someone ELSE during THEIR most difficult times. Sometimes all it takes is a kind word, or gesture, to help someone make it through their day. Jared Padalecki gesturesdifficult-timeshelping Gesture is not always action. Jay Maisel gesturesphotographyaction Sometimes, all it takes is one gesture, one word, to change the course of someone's life. Even if you know it won't last forever. Jean-Claude Izzo gestureslastsforever She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclinations are right, and the evidence of this potential is found in the smallest of gestures, like the uncertain resting of a large hand on a bony shoulder. Jeffery Deaver gesturessavinghands The smallest gestures you do can sometimes carry the most weight. Joe Vitale gesturesweightinspirational Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves. John Kador gesturescourageousapology When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist. John Green gusgesturesexcited But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it. John Updike gesturesseems You know a relationship has deteriorated past the point of salvage when one person detests another's gestures. Josephine Humphreys gesturespersonspast There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. Joshua Bell gesturesplayhands V?" Butch said. "Don't leave, okay?" "Never." V brushed Butch's hair back with a gesture so tender it was out of place coming from a male. J.R. Ward gesturesmaleshair we must be precise with love, its language and its gestures. If it is to save us, we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death Julian Barnes gestureslanguagelooks«12345678910»
