Pointing Quotes

• You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

  Ken Kesey

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Hands, Judging Yourself, Judging Others

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• My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand.

  Kathleen Blanco

  Offering, Hands, Helping

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• When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

  Louis Nizer

  Kids, Responsibility, Men

  My Life in Court ch. 1 (1961)

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• Pointing fingers, trying to catch each other in scandal does not bring honor to this House.

  Mark Foley

  House, Honor, Trying

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• There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.

  Jo Bonner

  Offering, Hands, Storm

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  Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Careers, Obstacles

  "Bossypants". Book by Tina Fey, www.theguardian.com. 2011.

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• White collar conservative flashin' down the street,
  Pointing that plastic finger at me,
  Hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
  But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Freedom, White, Flags

  "Song: 'If 6 Was 9'". 1967.

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• I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

  Bill Maher

  Country, Patriotic, Thinking

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• Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

  Bob Marley

  Life, Music, Conceited

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• The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.

  Ann Coulter

  Atheist, President, Nonsense

  "Obama is Not a Muslim". townhall.com. September 1, 2010.

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• Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Ideas, People

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. February, 2008.

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• Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Law, Speak English, Skills

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

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• Living wisdom cannot be confined within words, but it can be hinted at through situations, much as a specific feature of an otherwise undistinguished landscape can often be discerned by following the path projected by a pointing finger. "Them that have ears, let them hear," said Jesus; whoever "hears" the inner import of words will be able to "see" their inward meaning.

  Robert Svoboda

  Jesus, Often Is, Words Of Wisdom

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• Being rejected from something good just means that Allah is pointing you to something better

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Mean, Rejected, Something Better

  Twitter post from Apr 11, 2016

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• The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.

  Suzanne Collins

  Lying, Moon, Night

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.442, Scholastic Inc.

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• So let's not use a stylus. We're going to use the best pointing device in the world. We're going to use a pointing device that we're all born with - born with ten of them. We're going to use our fingers. We're going to touch this with our fingers. And we have invented a new technology called multi-touch, which is phenomenal. It works like magic.

  Steve Jobs

  Technology, Magic, Use

  "Who Wants a Stylus? Apple Is Thinking About It" by Brian X. Chen, www.wired.com. November 12, 2009.

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• It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.

  Blaise Pascal

  Believe, Ignorance, Angel

  Blaise Pascal (2008). “Human Happiness”, p.28, Penguin UK

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• I stopped going to Kingdom Hall, the church, when I was 11 years old, so I was very young. They don't celebrate birthdays, you get no Christmas, so it's a very difficult religion for children to get into. And they do a lot of finger-pointing among the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Ja Rule

  Children, Years, Church

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I guess nothing puts a damper on a one-night stand as much as your friend pointing out all the opportunities where you might have been killed.

  Mindy Kaling

  Opportunity, Night, Might

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.155, Crown/Archetype

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• Psychoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place we’re going to, but an idea in our mind now. It is something we’re creating, that in turn creates us. The future is a fantasy that shapes our present.

  Stephen Grosz

  Past, Ideas, Creating

  Stephen Grosz (2014). “The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves”, p.157, W. W. Norton & Company

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• On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal.

  Molly Ivins

  Men, Wind, Abuse

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• The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true and perfect symbol of the universe.And it is the one most accurate symbol of you.Spread your arms in an embrace, throw your head back, and prepare to receive and send coordinates of being. For, at last you know—you are the navigator, the captain, and the ship.

  Vera Nazarian

  Stars, Numbers, Perfect

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• By insisting on having your bottle pointing to the north when the cork is being drawn, and calling the waiter Max, you may induce an impression on your guests which hours of laboured boasting might be powerless to achieve. For this purpose, however, the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine.

  Hector Hugh Munro

  Wine, Max, Purpose

  Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) (2015). “The Chronicles of Clovis”, p.57, Read Books Ltd

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• Back in '96, I was on "The Price Is Right" pointing at refrigerators, and "Extra," the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!

  Cindy Margolis

  Next Day, America, Tv Shows

  "Cindy Margolis Bares All For Playboy". Associated Press Interview, www.cbsnews.com. October 31, 2006.

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