Quotes by Hands Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands. They accepted one another's sacrifice. Hers, mayhap, was the more complete of the two, because for her his absence would mean weary waiting, the dull heartache so terrible to bear. Baroness Orczy sacrificemeanhands [G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside. Barry Goldwater differencesmenhands Love and despair go hand in hand. Barry Hannah hand-in-handdespairhands Time to a writer is like play dough in the hands of a toddler. Barry Lane toddlerplayhands I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that. Barry Levinson househandstelevision To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together. Barry Lopez naturerivershands ...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked his knife with my guts, to no avail." "Did you get a good look at him? Could you describe him?" Howie smiled wanly. "Yeah. He was about yay long" --he held up his hands, four inches apart-- "thin, made of steel. Pointy. Sharp. Barry Lyga kniveslonghands You and your scars. Please! You don't kill youself like this!" I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. "That's just a cry for help. That's just attention. Everbody knows that. Cutting across just gets you to the hospital. That's just from movies and TV shows and stuff like that. You didn't really try to kill yourself. you just wanted attention, but you screwed up. Try harder next time. Barry Lyga tv-showscuttinghands When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there. Barry Manilow writingbeautifulhands I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right. Barry Manilow passionchoiceshands Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. Barry Manilow passion-for-musicchoiceshands When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish and the Irish are very emotionally moved. My mother is Irish and she cries during beer commercials. Barry McCaffrey motherbeerhands If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell. Barry McGuigan cellsmenhands I was absolutely floored as a lot of people are but also I was reunited with ideas that I actually had as a teenager and these are ideas that I had put away as I approached college years because they were ridiculous on the face of it and when you talk to someone about living forever, they just dismiss you out of hand. Barry Ptolemy teenagercollegehands When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand. Barry White commithearthands I can count my friends on one hand. Barry Zito my-friendsi-canhands For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man! Bartholomew Roberts watermenhands The reader may ask himself if this is not cruelty and injustice of a kind so terrible that it beggars the imagination, and whether these poor people would not fare far better if they were entrusted to the devils in Hell than they do at the hands of the devils of the New World who masquerade as Christians. Bartolome de las Casas imaginationchristianhands He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself with love or generosity. ...hatred is increased by reciprocal hatred, and, on the other hand, can be extinguished by love, so that hatred passes into love. Baruch Spinoza generositylifehands Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Baruch Spinoza hatredlifehands«4344454647484950515253»
