Many Hands Quotes - Page 2

• Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies; the work then, being pushed on by many hands, must go forward.

  John Dryden

  Art, Hard Work, Science

  John Dryden, Keith Walker (2003). “The Major Works”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.

  A. Hunter Dupree

  Hard Work, Science, Government

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• There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands; how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

  Tom Mulligan

  Golf, Hands, Two

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• On horseback he seemed to require as many hands as a Hindu god, at least four for clutching the reins, and two more for patting the horse soothingly on the neck.

  Hector Hugh Munro

  Horse, Hands, Two

  Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)”, p.442, Delphi Classics

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• A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret comparison, which continually tends to lessen his respect for those who control him, and with it their authority over him. If once he thinks there are grown-up people with no more sense than children the authority of age is destroyed and his education is ruined.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Children, Thinking, Hands

  Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.53, eKitap Projesi

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• I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.

  A. R. Gurney

  Country, Thinking, Hands

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• I sat back in my wooden chair as they signed the paperwork and stared down at the arm rests, studying the various layers of paint, the chips and cracks. How many hands had gripped them? I wondered. What lives were attached to those hands, what dreams were shattered, what sorrows were they trying to squeeze out of their souls?

  Jimmy Santiago Baca

  Dream, Hands, Soul

  Jimmy Santiago Baca (2007). “A Place to Stand”, p.102, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• We have a Marlboro Man Theory of leadership and change, especially in America, but in fact anything great that's accomplished is accomplished by many hands.

  Nick Morgan

  Men, Hands, America

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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