Thumbs Quotes - Page 4

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.

But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.

We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.

I have this red cardigan that my friend Coco gave me that has holes for thumbs. It's my cozy sweater. I wear it a lot.

Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.

You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing that if I'm the one who's here when Ruth dies. I plan on giving her my heartbeat before I let her go.

There's something about being in the country that makes you stick out like a sore thumb ? you're an anomaly. But in London there's always someone wilder and woollier.

There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just end up on YouTube with like 74 thumbs down: "This is the worst!"

It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me the big thumbs up.

I don't see anything wrong in sticking your thumb into a guy's eye. Just a little.

It's never been my desire to conquer you, Amelia. If you leave this room with me, it must be at my side. As my wife, my lover, my partner ...” His thumb brushed her lip. “My dearest friend.

I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... ' more than once in any conversation, you should stop hanging out with them.

Can you take human form in daylight? (Talon) Obviously so. Ever tried to answer a phone without opposable thumbs? (Vane)

Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.

If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France.

We give this practice two thumbs down!

I have had my share of twiddling my thumbs while sitting idle at home

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.

If cats understood technology and had opposable thumbs, they'd rule the world.

... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me out of my misery with a swift blow to the head.

What is there so ponderous in evil, that a thumb's bigness of it should outweigh the mass of things not evil, which were heaped into the other scale!

I love comics, but I'd rather cut off my thumbs than do nothing but.