Mark Twain Quotes, Men Quotes, Hands Quotes

A man may plan as much as he wants to, but nothing of consequence is likely to come of it until the magician circumstance steps in and takes the matter off his hands.

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Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from, as pickpockets are observed commonly to walk with their hands in their breeches' pockets.

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Behold, I am weary of my wisdom, like a bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to receive it.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Hands Quotes , Needs Quotes

It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.

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Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Hands Quotes , Play Quotes

Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Oats Quotes , Hands Quotes

Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.

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And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.

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Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

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Tags : Alan J. Pakula Quotes , Hands Quotes , Directors Quotes

Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.

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Tags : John Milton Quotes , Keys Quotes , Hands Quotes

The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Tombstone Quotes , Hands Quotes

I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. ... Terrible as was what the world did to me, what I did to myself was far more terrible still.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Hands Quotes , World Quotes

If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your mind is negative, marked by fear, suspicion and feelings of helplessness, even among your best friends, in a pleasant atmosphere and comfortable surroundings, you won’t be happy.

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He who would lay hands upon us will encounter thorns and barbs!

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The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Memorable Quotes , Hands Quotes

This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

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Tags : Al Capone Quotes , Opportunity Quotes , Hands Quotes

I was happier then. Or was that I? Or am I now I? Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand. Would you go back to then? Just beginning then. Would you?

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Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Hands Quotes , Water Quotes

What the two hands of the labourer can achieve, the capitalist will never get with all his gold and silver.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Hands Quotes , Two Quotes

Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Blow Quotes , Hands Quotes

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power. You can think about only what you know, so you ought to learn something; on the other hand, you can know only what you have thought about.

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