Thumbs Quotes

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  It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

  Neil Armstrong

  Eye, Space, Blue

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

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• Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

  Solomon

  God, Noses, Bowing Down

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• A good rule of thumb is to assume that everything matters.

  Richard Thaler

  Risk, Matter, Management

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• The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

  Dave Barry

  Birthday, Simple, Men

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.264, Ballantine Books

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• Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway.

  Anne Heche

  Thumbs Up, Giving, Humanity

  Anne Heche (2001). “Call Me Crazy”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Ive always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.

  Antony Starr

  Fun, Having Fun, Ifs

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• If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

  Arthur Baer

  Littles, Faces, Little Things

  Arthur Baer (1925). “The family album”

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• My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.

  Michael Sheen

  Want

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

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• True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

  John W. Gardner

  Inspirational, Happiness, Using Your Talents

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• By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Wicked, Way

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 44

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• Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

  William Shakespeare

  Romeo And Juliet Love, Insult, Romeo Juliet

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. [50]

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• It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.

  Alfred Adler

  Attitude, Real, Thumbs Down

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• Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

  Courtney Love

  Music, Stupid, Self

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

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• I wish I had more hands, so I could give those titties four thumbs down!

  Dave Chappelle

  Funny, Witty, Hands

  "Chappelle's Show". m.imdb.com. 2003–2006.

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• I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.

  Jane Birkin

  Teeth, Lucky, Actors

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• For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

  Edward Abbey

  Flower, Sunshine, Grandchildren

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Flower, Long

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.

  Adam Arkin

  Thumbs Up, Giving, Roles

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• In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go.

  Michael Berryman

  Art, Honesty, Nice

  Interview with Vyeto Malesh, marsdust.net. January 22, 2017.

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• It is Israel that must recognize Palestine's rights. We cannot believe in empty statements, twiddle our thumbs and watch our children getting killed. Israel must end occupation and aggression, and our actions won't take much longer after that.

  Khaled Mashal

  Children, Believe, Israel

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• If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.

  David Lynch

  Honest, Scene, Standing Out

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

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• O sweet spontaneous earth how often has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty thou answereth them only with spring.

  e. e. cummings

  Sweet, Spring, Naughty

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• Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living. If you ever feel unsure of what you're supposed to do in a situation, here's a good rule of thumb: always do what leads to greater love.

  Marci Shimoff

  Love, Inspirational, Jobs

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline, Marianne Williamson (2012). “Love For No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love”, p.287, Simon and Schuster

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• The rule of thumb based into the brain by natural selection would not have been, Be nice to your kin and be nice to potential reciprocators. It would have been, Be nice to everybody, because everybody would have been included.

  Richard Dawkins

  Nice, Brain, Natural

  Source: newrepublic.com

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• Some people are so afraid of losing their individuality. Wouldn't it be better for the pig to lose his pig-individuality if he can become God? Yes. But the poor pig does not think so at the time. Which state is my individuality? When I was a baby sprawling on the floor trying to swallow my thumb? Was that the individuality I should be sorry to lose? Fifty years hence I shall look upon this present state and laugh, just as I now look upon the baby state. Which of these individualities shall I keep?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Baby, Sorry, Thinking

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.114, editionNEXT.com

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