#fist

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#clenched #discontent #dream #every #finger

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#amendment #choice #eye #first #first amendment

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#autonomy #defend #fist #i #learned

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#believe #beyond #feel #gone #i

If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#extend #fist #friend #guy #hand

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#grew #had #i #irish #iron

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#boy #child #defend #father #fists

The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#fingers #fist #five #independent #multiplies

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#always #among #armaments #demand #disarmament

Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#considerably #encouraged #end #had #increased