Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

No family should have to endure the loss of a loved one at the hands of a previously convicted violent criminal.

I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.

Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.

There were two kinds of physicists in Berlin: on the one hand there was Einstein, and on the other all the rest.

Women say hello and then put their hands down my trousers. I thought it was my hand they were supposed to shake.

Don't ever hit a person first, but if anybody ever puts their hands on you, you hit them right between the eyes.

Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.

I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.

A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.

I didn’t break his jaw, but if he lays a hand on you, it will be the first of many things to break,” Patch said.

I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our present commander.

As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.

Why do 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.

I am a book of snow, a spacious hand, an open meadow, a circle that waits, I belong to the earth and its winter.

I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. I've done it all. I've worked as a clown, literally, at children's parties.

When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.

An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.

Gift to the creative artist: positive images in, positive images out. On the other hand, garbage in, garbage out.

Some people say Bowie is all surface style and second-hand ideas, but that sounds like a definition of pop to me.

In answer, she took his hand and placed it on her chest. Right over her heart. 'You're in, Cade Morgan. Only you.

I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes.

Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us.

Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, so that they are always ready for serious work.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.

We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet.

Ian grinned at her, trailing a pale hand down his chest. “Luscious, aren‟t I, poppet? Go on, stare. I don‟t mind.

A museum is not a first-hand contact: it is an illustrated lecture. And what one wants is the actual vital touch.

You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

I'm kind of a crazy person about hand sanitizer. I carry the plain ones that smell like aloe, from Target or CVS.

Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.

Ere I could make thee open thy white hand, and clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, I am your's for ever!

The water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl.

I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.

All that is best for us comes of itself into our hands-but if we strive to overtake it, it perpetually eludes us.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.

I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past.

The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

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