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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

George Bernard Shaw

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm.

Yiddish proverb

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Menander

The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.

William Shakespeare

He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.

Horace Mann

Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.

Davy Crockett

When a king comes on the turn, I love that hand even better.

Aaron Rosenberg

When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean ... to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.

Theodore Roosevelt

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.

Leonardo da Vinci

Marriage: putting one's hand into a bag of snakes on the chance of drawing out an eel.

Leonardo da Vinci

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Confucius

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

Confucius

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

Chinese Proverb

God gives, but man must open his hand.

German Proverb

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Meister Eckhart

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

Charles Peguy

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Things were getting out of hand in there. People were starting to get all haywire.

Lisa Lyons

I can't wait for the race and experience first-hand why the sport has 75 million fans.

Josh Duhamel

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, / And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.

Thomas Moore

Quite honestly, I feel like we might of had some money in hand if we'd had a consultant.

Randal Turner

I didn't understand that. We've had problems with getting the ball to Elyse sometimes. She's a hot hand, but we seem to keep the ball away from her.

Dave Beebe

Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Robert Orben

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

Juan Gris

Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.

Georgia Taylor

I don't know off hand. Let me ask Thomas and Scalia what they think.

Harriet Miers

That's why the best recommendation is thorough cleaning and frequent hand-washing and good general hygiene.

Thom Berry

We're both on the go now and grabbing what's at hand. Now it's like, which restaurant has the best salad?

Gail Rhodes

You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.

Al Stewart

We're not the last person with our hand up at the auto auctions. They even bought a car that I couldn't sell at my lot for 100 days.

Michael Kozak

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

Lech Walesa

The first time I came out of the box rope in hand was such an adrenaline rush.

Robert Johnston

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Eric Hoffer

I've had little kids come up to me on the street and hand me a dollar. Each one helps.

Vince Carl

That is Ronald Reagan's hand on the Supreme Court every day.

Stephen Wermiel

Anytime you get hit in the hand, you think it's serious, ... Those bones, it's so easy to break those.

Tony Graffanino

It can be really tough sometimes. It's more than just handing out Band-Aids.

Kathleen Glynn

He was on the right-hand side of the stage with a drum and a bell.

Motley Crue

If someone were to come in their with even a 'damn,' she'd come from around that counter with a hammer in her hand and tell them, 'No you don't. Not in this place.

Velma Evans

I knew that one was in as soon as it left my hand.

Brett Ross

The situation got out of hand and got away from them.

David Stempler

Hand it off to Tatum Bell, run the ball.

Curtis Pulley

You've just got to hand it to him. He's an in-between guy and he's done a great job being a fill-in when Lester's not been there.

Graham Brown

If they get open and they just throw up a hand, she can stick it to them.

Marsha Sharp

I've got it in my hand and I'm about to watch it.

Hayden Roulston

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Johann Sebastian Bach

If Clark Haggans didn't break his hand I'm not in Pittsburgh, I'm not in football.

James Harrison

So it is in that connection I can tell you China will not sit on one hand.

Sha Zukang

Most everybody expects they're going to hand it to us. We're going to play like us, no matter who we play.

Ryan Robertson

His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

Bible

For the hand that rocks the cradle - Is the hand that rules the world.

William Ross Wallace

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Dr. Rollo May

The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Laurence Olivier, Sir

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

John Donne

It's the purity of the fabrics, the sensuality of the look and the fact that everything's carefully hand-done.

Nazila Sawhney

I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.

Paul Conrad

I would do anything to hang out with my friends and it got out of hand.

Raeanna Jordan

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

Bible

Two and a half million dollars is a lot of money if you're running in any Congressional district, to have on hand, to spend.

Massie Ritsch

I wish I could run an open with a baton in my hand. I've grown up with a baton in my hand. It's kind of natural for me.

Kyla Schmidt

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

I'll pay the bill, but I'm not handing a check to the city to go into that fund.

Paul Valletta

We had the upper hand in the first half. I figured it was just a matter of time.

Dave Molina

I'm telling you, things are getting out of hand. Or maybe I'm discovering that things were never in my hands.

Real Live Preacher

We first want to fix the quality and quantity problems which are at hand.

Daniel Vasella

I've seen the first-hand effects of one thing leading to another.

David Lapointe

It's nice on one hand because we have longer to prosecute the crimes. But on the other, we're going to have to find a place to put all of the evidence.

Ron Moore

The kid Anthony beat in the final is only 18-years-old and was beaten by five points, when Anthony had a broken hand, with half his knuckle severed off.

Geoff Peterson

On the one hand you're very concerned about what's going on, but on the other hand you're extremely optimistic, because these are things that don't come along very often.

Dan Barker

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Thomas Carlyle

It's very exciting, especially when they get to try their hand with the instruments.

Noralee Monestere

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Bible

I was throbbing. (My hand) was totally swollen.

Colleen Schreier

The Patriots are always in the game and never let it get out of hand. We did a good job of staying composed when it got wild at the end.

Ben Leiker

She sustained three cracked ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken hand.

Barbara Charone

I call it the bionic hand, ... I tell people I can zing it even better now. It feels great. I have no problems with it.

Bruce Gradkowski

I'm really blessed with some great players. And I've got Brian Leonard to hand off to.

Ryan Hart

Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on the flank that keeps our economy surging forward.

Robert W. Sarnoff

Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.

Anita Loos

Perhaps God and the Devil danced hand in hand around every single electron.

Patricia Highsmith

I call him Cool Hand Luke. That's his name, because nothing gets to him, on the field or off the field, from what I've seen.

Derrick Burgess

Look, she is already using her left hand!

Mumtaz Ahmed

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.

Kahlil Gibran

I think the most important task at hand is to change attitudes.

Joe Jackson

A little two-hand touch football -- that's enough for me right now.

Greg Paulus

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

Patti Smith

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

Alfred Eisenstaedt

There's always been an appearance that we always have our hand out every time we come to one of these meetings.

Danny Williams

This is a significant step in the coffee arena as there is a traditional image of coffee going hand in hand with a cigarette.

Mark Phillips

That combination is deadly. It means the child can jerk out of your hand without warning.

Susan Williamson

They have had the upper hand lately, but we have to deal with the match itself.

Roy Coyle

It's a perfect marriage between HUD and Habitat in that the grants offer families a hand up, not a hand out.

Jonathan Reckford

People have a lot of cash in hand. They're ready to invest.

Felipe Brandao

The deal fits Nokia's strategy hand-in-glove.

Hannu Rauhala

That's a one-in-the-hand versus two-in-the-bush.

Don Boegel

He'll be able to give us a hand at both positions until we get everybody back.

Jon Heacock

We hope to raise funds to expand the parking lot. We just don't have the cash on hand.

Michael De Marsche

You couldn't put the gun in his hand. There was no [gun shot residue], no blood on the clothing  there was nothing.

Thomas Nicholson

They have one of the most physical teams in the nation. On the other hand, we have one of the fastest teams in the nation.

Scott Jacko

He did well. The game could have got out of hand. When he struck out Bannon and Jorgensen, that proved to be the difference in the game.

Dave Trembley

Your hand is never the worse for doing its own work.

Welsh Proverb

Duane gets better every time he puts his hand on the ground, ... He has incredbile ability.

Jeff King

Before this all arose, he drove loads that didn't require hand loading freight.

Col. Michael Rossi

My delivery got out of hand a little. It's frustrating but I won't let it get to me.

Bryan Augenstein

We didn't cover the three and all we had to do was put a hand in their face and make them put it on the floor.

Rich Herrin

He's got some acid burns on the back side of his right hand and his wrist.

Mike Adkins

We can't hand out the food free, much of it is very heavily federally subsidized and provided through federal food sources, and we have to account for that.

Greg Knudsen

We kind of ran out of gas there. You have to hand it them, they took advantage of that. Their shots were falling down at the end.

Ted Strom

On the one hand, you'll have his legacy as a great warrior, never appeasing terrorism, to the contradiction at the end of his life of appeasing the very terrorism he fought against.

Morton Klein

It was the hand of the tournament so far.

Joe Stillman

I was the first guy to shake Hank's hand.

Davey Lopes

Everything had to be perfect for grandma and our aunt. We did everything by hand, including rolling out the dough to the perfect thickness.

Patti Schwenke

I didn't need to have any copies on hand.

Hillary Depiano

She's got nowhere to go; he's got something and he's coming at her. You have to put it in context because he's got something in his hand, and she thinks it's a knife.

Jim James

I just didn't want (May) driving by me. The coaches said to take away her right hand, and I just did the best that I could.

Kate Miller

I extend my hand of alliance to them.

Atal Behari Vajpayee

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

Johnny Carson

It costs me $200 more, and there's already $600 in the pot, and I have two loose-aggressive players in the pot with Q-8 of diamonds, which is the kind of hand that if you hit it, you hit it big or you can get away from it.

Kathy Liebert

He was on his knees and had his hand up to his throat, and the blood was squirting through his fingers.

John Haggerty

They hit four 3s on us in the first quarter. We weren't getting out and getting a hand in their face.

Tony Taylor

Before the game, at half-time, he shook my hand and he hugged me. That is the kind of friendship he and I have. We are close. We are both very, very close.

Danny Maestas

But (germs) can live easier on your hand, which may be moist.

Kara Sturdevant

(The officials) never had it under control. It was very disappointing and very frustrating. It was completely out of hand. I've never been in a game like this.

Bethany Irwin

They ended up custom-making the dress and custom-dying the beads. They hand-dyed the beads. The dress looks like a million bucks.

Mimi Melgaard

She was my right hand woman and always encouraged me. She kept me on track.

Dan Province

It was the hand of man that put them in this position. It should be the hand of man that brings them back.

Joe Burnett

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

Charles Victor Cherbuliez

He definitely has the hot hand right now. He's booming with confidence. He's so determined to not lose; he's willing himself to make these saves.

Alan Nicholl

You just have to be persistent, there's a lot of hand-eye coordination. You're only allowed five substitutions a game, so you have to have endurance.

Burke Eizinger

He was the steady hand at the helm, in good times and in bad.

David Dierks

It's being relentless. You have to get off of the ball with good pad level and hand placement. That's my game. I get off of the ball and get into the gap before the blocker can get into me.

Dusty Dvoracek

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Jack Handey

I was glad I could lend a helping hand.

Andy Lee

The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, "Good job, son."

Aaron Stanford

I had to go hand-over-hand with that. It was very tiring.

Randy Teeney

We will be handing out party favors and there will be champagne stations around the casino. There will be a balloon drop in the Crown Room at midnight.

Bill Wood

All of this goes hand in hand.

Rick Church

He stays on me about my hand position but he hasn't gotten on me about one-handed catches yet.

Dominique Byrd

I'm feeling like God had his hand on me and my family today. It's only through God that we all got through this OK.

Tom Ardizone

They will work hand in glove.

Anthony Coley

I just saw it pop out of his hand and I said 'I can put this one in play,'.

Jason Giambi

We'd side out and get a point and then hand it right back to them. Actually, we'd side out and then they'd side out and get a couple more, then we'd side out again.

Curt Yaeger

I've gotta get another ring for this hand.

Marquena Delk

The Browns stuck their hand in the cookie jar when Mom wasn't looking, and they pulled out a really good cookie.

Charlton Keith

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

Yasser Arafat

I knew that we could play off of them, and give them a little cushion, but still get a hand in their face if they shot the ball.

John Mcneley

Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.

Bible

Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

Carrie P. Snow

They were making those (3-point) shots with a hand in their faces.

Steve Arnold

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

John Berry

He put his hand on my shoulder and he said to me, 'Be careful,' .

Barry Hazen

Now we got their expertise coming to us and we're being able to say can you come in can you work with us, can you mentor, can you be a buddy, can you work hand in hand, can you tell me how to be a better teacher.

Lynn Williams

It was awesome. It was weird: You see him [Bush] on TV, and then he's shaking your hand.

Courtney Thompson

Super System 2, I try never to play this hand.

Doyle Brunson

(TEA) will not leave the office without that check in their hand.

Frances Jones

Don't bite the hand that stabs you in the back.

David Farber

It's the political equivalent of the death penalty, ... We should not use the ultimate sanction when there is an alternative at hand.

William Delahunt

It's going to be a dog fight to the end. Nobody's going to hand it to us.

Mathieu Dandenault

We are in a waiting mode right now, until we get some money in hand.

Tom Powell

He?s a good shooter, so I had my hopes when it left his hand.

Jay Mckenna

It's nice to have that (changeup) when you're behind in the count and not limited to fastball-breaking ball that the hitters recognize out of hand early.

Luke Hudson

He just had it bunched in his hand and it clearly didn't mean anything at all.

Susan Jones

It was just getting out of hand because we couldn't identify who folks were.

Bob Pratt

I'm like, 'Oh, no,' ... I check. I'm hoping he bets so I can throw my hand away. But he checks.

Daniel Negreanu

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

Tom Watson

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

Bible

Before August or July, it's another situation. But on the other hand, my family is avoiding mosquito bites.

Wayne Andrews

It actually was Gov. Guinn and my wife handing out candy.

Rich Johnston

On the one hand, it's nice to see that they're still alive, but obviously, the additional threat is of concern to us.

Anne Bacon

Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand!

Friedrich Max Muller

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

Fontenelle

We could have gone out and contested more. If we put a hand up on half of those shots, they'll miss half of them.

Chris Hayes

It's a play you either get it or you don't. It just happened to pop into my hand, and I got him out.

Aubrey Huff

It (Center Stage) clearly was not making money. It was basically hand-to-mouth.

Anne White

Talk to the Hand.

Lynne Truss

This gives people confidence in the results. There's no hand waving in the background. It is what it is.

Mark Bode

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability — they should go hand in hand.

Donald A. Norman

There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.

Paul Castellano

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

Shirley Bassey

The problem is with these that the donations are not only not going to charities, but you're handing over credit card info and details used for further fraud.

Chris Green

Peace with a club in hand is war.

Portuguese Proverb

Decrease as much as possible the amount of time or number of purchases where you actually hand the card to someone.

Julissa Martinez

They put me on top of the 1?2?2, and I just wanted to get my hand on anything.

Mike Henderson

I wanted to see first hand what it was like. I wanted to do what I could to help out.

Andrew Mackay

What we want people to do when they are driving is focus on the task at hand and minimize distractions.

John Seibert

You can't play with one hand in this business at all. You have to be really focused.

Carl Homer

The detectives had me for eight hours hand cuffed.

Tony Figueredo

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Diane Arbus

Then, with supporting documentation in hand, that person can be directed to the assistance.

Mary Curtis

We still have work to do, but because of the great work being done by everybody, we're getting the upper hand and we are going to have success in these cases.

Todd Difede

Doesn't need political hand-holders.

Rick Santorum

We definitely wanted to get it to him tonight. He had the hot hand. We knew he had it in him .

Smush Parker

She pump-faked, my hands were up, all ball hit my hand. That was it.

Shay Doron

One patient from Charity was being hand-ventilated. That patient was almost dead when he left here.

Norman Mcswain

She's not physically able to take over, but she can do it if I hold her hand and arm.

Alma O'neill

These are really tough problems, and we don't have an answer we can hand you in a cookbook.

Dr. Julie Gerberding