Quotes by Gestures It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you of all strength. Marya Hornbacher gestures levels desire Stillertook part in the Spanish Civil WarIt is not clear what impelled him to this military gesture. Probably many factors were combined--a rather romantic Communism, such as was common among bourgeois intellectuals at that time. Max Frisch gestures civil-war military This changes nothing. It can't. You are my friend, my king,but that's.... All you can be." He nodded, but it was a gesture that indicated that he heard her, not that he agreed, which was abundantly clear as he said, "And you are my queen, my savior, my partner---and that's everything. Melissa Marr gestures queens kings Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. Milan Kundera gestures historical criticism He was crying in there, making woman gestures. Mike Tyson gestures cry boxing I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a proposal is the ultimate romantic gesture. Miranda Hart gestures married thinking Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art, in the end, is another person's feast. Muriel Barbery gestures writing art Prayer is in all things, in all gestures. Mother Teresa gestures all-things prayer Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait. Nassim Nicholas Taleb gestures finance business Gestures come first! Before we're consciously aware of our thoughts, we start to gesture. Pay attention to your gestures, and others', and you can become a more powerful communicator. Nick Morgan gestures powerful attention No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do. Nick Offerman gestures life-changing giving In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier the restaurant, the less pointing there is. Nico Muhly gestures bathroom fancy Sometimes I get the feeling that we're just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they're just our need to be recognized. Without them, we'd be unidentifiable. We have to reinvent ourselves every minute. Nicole Krauss gestures feelings needs If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it. Norman Thomas gestures flags want Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life. Octavio Paz gestures terrible power Just as the orator marks his good things by a dramatic pause, or by raising and lowering his voice, or by gesture, so the writer marks his epigrams with italics, setting the little gem, so to speak, like a jeweler. Oscar Wilde gestures voice littles Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off? Padgett Powell gestures charity writing The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy. Paramahansa Yogananda gestures flow energy Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. Paul Collier gestures citizens moving Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag. Oscar Wilde handbags gestures ordinary «12345678910»
