#finger

In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard I'd give up after a few minutes. I'd find other things to do: Anything but writing. ↗

— Mary Garden

#almost #always #anything #back #constant

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#destruction #finger #gives #least #little

There is - you know, there's receipts for rented cars and license plates and guns and hand prints and palm prints and fingerprints. You know, I want to wait until I'm in a court. ↗

— Patty Hearst

#court #fingerprints #guns #hand #i

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#any #arranged #collected #could #delay

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ↗

— David Hume

#destruction #finger #prefer #reason #scratching

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#any #each #finger #fingers #hand

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#culture #everyone #find #fingers #get

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#calls #continue #days #death #fingernails

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#educated #fingers #knowing #must #thumb

I've got my finger in a lot of pies. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#got #i #lot #pies