Quotes of: Handing Keyword

In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame.

Marianne Williamson

I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.

Alexis Arguello

What's dangerous is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals.

Arpad Busson

To brave the undertow, we had learned to hold hands.

Anne Brashares

Fate, no doubt, had a hand in it.

Arlene J. Chai

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

Amanda Lindhout

Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.

Aisha Tyler

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

Bill Bruford

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Robert Orben

How I define patriotism, a knife, a riffle and some hand-gernades.

Life

Laughter is the hand of God on the shoulder of a troubled world.

Life

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

Willard Scott

If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.

Lewis Tappan

Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost f...

Champion

I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thrilled when the mother, without prompting, began to sign her newborn. Baby, drink milk. Baby, play ball...

The Collected Stories

I know you're just trying to be kind. But the world isn't always kind. So sometimes you have to know what you're up against, and match it.' He held up a hand to stop the words about to be spoken; I could see the vague shape of it hovering in the blac...

Chasing Trains

I felt a hand on my back, movement behind me, my guys making room, someone squeezing into our circle, and then one last hand joined the pile: my Korean aide. I guess it made sense. We were her real family. The closest thing she’d ever had to a real...

The Day Before 9/11

You have shown me, along with that man over there, that life and love aren't as far apart as we think. They go hand-in-hand, like you and me. You can't have one without the other. Everything around us, inside of us, is love. It's in the birds and the...

Down from the Clouds

I had cooperated. I could not have refused. I was smitten with her, half in love but also afraid, because in my life (and she seemed to know this) I had not loved anyone without having been wounded. Love was power and possession, love caused pain: yo...

A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta

You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? You are the lamp To lighten the way. Then hurry, hurry. When your light shines Without impurity or desire You will come into the...

The Dhammapada

Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under the covers for his hand. When I found it, I slid my own over it. His palm was turned up to meet my palm, and ...

Dead to the World