#hands

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

#before #blocked #cautious #delicacy #entrance

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. ↗

— Herman Melville

#either #grief #hands #idleness #man

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#black #every #flag #hands #his

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#fighters #hands #kiss #prize #reminds

We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ↗

— W. S. Merwin

#hands #our

If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights. ↗

— Roger Milla

#bodies #continental #fifa #football #globally

I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars. ↗

— David Millar

#day #hands #i #like #looking

When you have a brush in your hand, inking a beautiful woman is a lot like running your hands over her. ↗

— Frank Miller

#beautiful woman #brush #hand #hands #her

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#arm #friendly #hands #i #prove

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#art #back #basically #big #enough