Quotes by category:Hands

The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.

men believe hands

Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling.

Charles Horton Cooley

class country hands

The great purpose in life is to take your destiny out of the hand... by Charles J. Shields

The great purpose in life is to take your destiny out of the hands of others.

Charles J. Shields

destiny purpose hands

All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

design creative hands

I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.

Charles Kimbrough

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for ti... by Charles Kingsley

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

Charles Kingsley

ifs-and humorous hands

Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand. by Charles Kingsley

Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.

Charles Kingsley

race hero hands

Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession of nuclear weapons in addition to the weapons of mass destruction he already has, he is likely to use them or share them with terrorists. The threat of mass death on a scale never before seen residing in the hands of an unstable madman is intolerable – and must be preempted.

Charles Krauthammer

mass-destruction war hands

The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.

Charles Krauthammer

two hands years

Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten, but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been less than in a place that was less than beautiful.

fishing beautiful hands

If dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold! by Charles Lamb

If dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold!

trump dirt hands

I have only to speak for myself; to speak for freedom for myself; to determine for freedom for myself; and in doing so, I speak and determine for the freedom of every slave on every plantation, and for the fugitives on my right hand.

Charles Lenox Remond

speech speak hands

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his le... by Charles Lindbergh

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Charles Lindbergh

left-hand courage hands

When you die, are you ever allowed to come back?" "Only if you ha... by Charles M. Schulz

When you die, are you ever allowed to come back?" "Only if you had your hand stamped.

Charles M. Schulz

LINUS: Where are you going for Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown? CHARLIE: My father, my mother, Sally, and I are all going to my grandmothers for dinner. SALLY: Do you want to come too, Linus? We can hold hands under the table. LINUS: BLECH!

Charles M. Schulz

mother father hands

The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world! by Charles M. Schulz

The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world!

Charles M. Schulz

dishes hands world

American industry is spilling over with men who started life even with the leaders, with brains just as big, with hands quite as capable. And yet one man emerges from the mass, rises sheer about his fellows; and the rest remain.

Charles M. Schwab

leader men hands

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. by Charles M. Schwab

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.

Charles M. Schwab

gloves kids hands

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

Charles M. Vest

tuition argument hands

I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other than just swing. But blues can do more than just swing.

swings boys hands