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Hands Quotes - Page 183

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

1979 In Vogue, Dec. Collected in Music for Chameleons (1980), 'Music for Chameleons'.

The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand...

"Misery Is The River Of The World". Song by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, May 7, 2002.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What is love but a second-hand emotion?

Song: What's Love Got To Do With It, Album: Private Dancer, 1993

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would become despots.

Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.178, Cambridge University Press

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.

'Irish Melodies' (1807) 'Rich and rare were the gems she wore'

As if hands were enough To hold an avalanche off.

Thom Gunn (1987). “Night Sweats”, Robert L Barth