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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

George Bernard Shaw

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

Sophocles

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

Mahatma Gandhi

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

Woodrow Wilson

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Erica Jong

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

Benito Mussolini

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Publilius Syrus

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Robert A. Heinlein

Some companies like managers who have their hands on everything, and some don't.

John Wooden

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein

We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands.

Thomas E. Dewey

In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change.

Mark Sanford

It's fun and all. When the ball ended up in my hands, I was happy.

Deanthony Zanders

A bird in the hand's worth two fleeing by.

Scottish Proverb

That's the kid that needs to have the ball in his hands at that time of the game. He made a great play at the end.

Rick Ruffin

These are the words that I keep coming back to. This was when I knew the situation would be out of our hands.

Amy Wilson

I was stunned by how expressive these different hands were; the faces became the distraction.

Joan Maloney

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Antoine Rivarol

He had lost a lot of weight. He definitely had to hold his pants up with his hands.

Louie Fernandez

Our blockers were late on her. If we could have gotten hands on her (shots) we could've stopped her, but we couldn't even get our hands on her, because our blockers weren't anticipating.

Bertha Ortiz

He has the greatest understanding of the offense. He's got excellent hands, and he's got great running ability as well.

Marc Trestman

He's not a selfish actor. He's very giving and hands on. When you're in a scene with Robert he's there for you 150 percent, and you can't say that with all actors.

Rockmond Dunbar

If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.

Auberon Herbert

It's all hands on deck, absolutely.

Margaret Spellings

We're going to have our hands full.

Beau Bracchy

He has looked good at third. He has great hands.

Paul Cochran

What was so frustrating for us was not getting our hands on the details.

Joan Clayburgh

It's hands-on. They know they're helping the lagoon and they can do it easily.

Anne Birch

I didn't see much of it, my hands were shaking too much.

Martin Brassil

I was right there and it was a line ball. Brad's hands looked like they were backwards.

Darren Lockyer

Pretty much our destiny is in our own hands. If we take care of business with them, it really doesn't matter what they do.

Chris Denove

Jason just bulldozed people. Jon's able to use his hands.

Kale Ane

I don't think we knew fully what we had in our hands.

Robert Aders

They are helpless. They are in the hands of God. There is no one else to help them.

Panos Moumtzis

It is in our own hands and it is up to us to do the business.

Martin Jones

There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it!A moon and a sun.A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!

K. Ashraful Kabir

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a science.

Claude C. Hopkins

It takes two hands to clap.

Jiang Zemin

He's a kid who has all the skills you want in a receiver, ... He's a big receiver who can run fast and has good hands.

Harold Jackson

We knew he was going to have the ball in his hands. If I was Coach Smith, I would have done the same thing.

Kirk Speraw

It's a pretty thin coat of ice out there. Our crews have really had their hands full.

Randy Ort

He'd come up to the ball for the first play and say, 'Hi, Ben.' I'd say, 'Hi, Jim.' Then we bent down and went at it, ... After the game, we'd shake hands and say, 'See you in a couple of weeks.'

Ben Davidson

Once the ball hits your hands, the next thing should be the ball leaving your hands.

David Jackson

I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on.

Dudley Moore

I wanted my hands on the putter, especially here.

Rocco Mediate

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces.

Judith Viorst

You're taking your lives in your hands going across that water.

Sharon Harrold

They just tried to handcuff him. He wouldn't voluntarily put his hands behind his back.

Brian Hunsacker

We've been let down by our politicians, by the media, so we really have to take things into our own hands.

Dan Dewalt

People would rub elbows instead of shaking hands ? to make it more fun.

Rev. Timothy Gierke

It was donated by 12 friends of golf, and it's special. It's a really neat thing for us to get our hands on.

Mark Hill

You have two choices when someone changes your work, ... You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it. I embraced it. Peter and I are good friends.

Andrew Niccol

It was a rough game. They have good athletes, they are physical. We had our hands full, no question about it. But our defense won this game.

Bob Snell

Now more than ever people's financial futures are in their own hands.

Gary Schatsky

They made some shots. They made shots with hands in their faces. If they can do that, they're going to beat some teams and make teams uncomfortable.

Doug Mccrary

At the very end, me and Veronica hit hands, so I knew it was very close. I knew this race was going to be very competitive.

Me'lisa Barber

They can shake me off, but it's rare. It's pretty much in my hands.

Kyle Deines

Yeah (we're excited), ... I've always sat in the bleachers. (At Del Mar) I must have shook 40 or 50 hands and was congratulated at least 100 times.

Marty Miller

She made a lot of things happen. She got her hands on a lot of balls and made some good passes.

Judie Mason

God was there. He had his hands all over this and he was able to protect -- to protect my family, to protect my boys, to protect me.

Tom Ardizone

There is a very dark, black cloud in this game. It's not in the hands of kids who live next door to you; it's organised groups and organised crime.

Bob Wright

I think we've got a tiger on our hands.

Greg Patterson

'How many guys were here for the Super Bowl year?' Probably five guys raised their hands.

Derrick Mason

It's a great hobby. You have to have hobbies to keep your hands busy or you'll get bored.

Martha Williams

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Ben Stein

I don't see how the addition of Reebok helps them in their quest to run against Nike, ... Does this mean Nike is not going to get their hands on the big athletes? I doubt it.

Jack Trout

She has soft hands. When we look to get the ball to her in good spots, she's going to be able to finish quite a bit.

Ray Liberatore

It's a bold move. Renault will have its hands full.

James Kelleher

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

Mahalia Jackson

When we were freshmen, we knew we were doing something great, but we really didn't appreciate it. Now, we know what we have, and we don't want it to slip through our hands.

Jeff Marker

I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better.

Dario Fo

We hold our destiny in our hands. It's just a case of how tough we are mentality. Now it's us against us them.

Jody Bass

Not afraid to get his hands dirty.

Richard Gordon

I play basketball. This is what I do. There's a lot of pressure put on me, but I'm a complete player. I'm going to play how I've been playing, but now I have the ball in my hands.

Dee Brown

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

Beware those who are impatient, (for) those who want to try their hands at corruption will be immediately found out.

Irianti Erningpraja

His hands were clammy and cold. He couldn't get comfortable. He complained that he felt sharp pains, and then they'd go away.

Matt Stallbaumer

What's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

Scott Roeben

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

Jeff Cooper

With the ball in her hands, there aren't too many that are better. She's the real deal.

Mike Gosz

Mommy! Mommy! She died at the hands of two people she called Mommy and Daddy.

Ama Dwimoh

Hannah and Amanda are very fluid together. They're very quick, got quick hands and quick feet. Defensively, they help us in a great way.

Mike Pomerenke

Now it's in the hands of the Legislature. We're going to see what they're going to do with it.

Steve Oestreicher

They have some serious weapons. We're going to have our hands full on Sunday.

Al Harris

We definitely didn't put it on the schedule because we thought it was going to be an easy win. We knew we were going to have our hands full but we played them very competitively.

Paul Houston

I think it's a good move. It keeps the outcome of the game in the athletes' hands.

Bill Hudspith

I do that a lot. I try to pick out a new one, but not the newest one. Sometimes they feel sticky. I try to get one that feels good in my hands.

Dontaye Draper

Tim really came on and kept getting better. He had very good hands and became a very good blocker.

Charlie Tate

They have to take turns as their hands tire.

Ann Holt

Human reproduction is now in the hands of men, when it rightfully belongs in the hands of God.

Raymond Flynn

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Huey Newton

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Richard Bach

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

Louis Nizer

We are putting the information customers need literally into their hands.

Jim Skinner

Where are you getting these documents? Whose hands are behind them?

Barzan Ibrahim

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

This beats Melissa hands down.

Peter Tibbett

Of all the unusual things my father did in baseball, ... my favorite hands down was the exploding scoreboard.

Mike Veeck

I just couldn't believe there was that many germs on my hand, I had just got finished from washing my hands a couple of minutes ago so.

Kerah Pearman

Sometimes the game of golf is just too difficult to endure with a golf club in your hands.

Bobby Jones

Not many people expected this match, ... But it will be difficult anyway. We have our destiny in our own hands.

Jacques Santini

It's noncompetitive. It's instructional and hands-on.

Rob Anderson

They'll go God knows where. This is the church washing its hands.

John Salveson

I hope I'm at Cas next year but that's out of my hands and the decision is up to the board.

David Woods

That?s our superstar, that?s our franchise player. His greatest asset is when the ball is in his hands. When he gets back, we?re gonna let him be Allen Iverson.

Kevin Ollie

One of the interesting things I'll tell you is although their hands are different colors, but they teach their kids well.

Preston Sharp

I'm only sorry that I wasn't out there to do something about it. But I'm in here. My hands are tied.

Mandinga Browne

I don't think there is anybody who can guard her one-on-one. Teams have to collapse on her when she gets the ball in her hands.

Randy Wright

She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.

Arthur Baer

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

Kelly Clarkson

Their size was a big part of it. We couldn't get our hands on the ball.

Marilyn Coddens

He was the fastest player on the team. He did not have the best hands on the team.

Ron Sellers

It's a little bit of both the nerves and the excitement. I'm still taking it all in. It's in God's hands now. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Ray Edwards

Put your instrument into the hands of your Art and never your Art into the hands of your instrument!

Irvin Kauffman

You could say being a coach is a good description nowadays. We definitely don't do as much hands-on work on the care as we used to.

Doug Richert

It's a serious matter. To leave it in our hands when we're not out there, they may get a call they didn't bargain for.

Robin Pemberton

O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

Saadi

It is a distraction, ... But I won't let it bother me. ... I can't do anything about it. I can just do my job, and if I get shipped out of here, then it's out of my hands.

Michael Bennett

It's all in private hands.

Jesse Reynolds

The holding is the most foreign part of the job. But the skills we use in the [Australian Football League], we have good hands.

Ben Graham

Train your head and hands to do, your head and heart to dare.

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr.

She's got good hands and a lot of potential.

Bill Read

I was surprised by what the team was able to find. I think the lives of the astronauts were in very good hands.

Michael Rollins

I've got to take advantage of the opportunity they give me, ... When they put the ball in my hands, I try to do something special with it.

Chris Perry

I'm proud of where our tour is and where it's going to go. We've got it in the hands of these girls, and everybody else on this team cares about this tour more than anything.

Rosie Jones

It is a way for our congregation to get connected with Iraq. This definitely gives folks a hands-on way to respond. This is just good through and through.

Adam Roberts

In the second half I kind of got it going a little bit. Coach put the ball in my hands and ran some plays for me, and I was able to hit some shots.

Ben Jacobson

[In] The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, ... The future is in our hands, and in the hands of our heart.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Not really. (The guards) were hot at the end of the game, so they kept the ball in their hands.

Torin Francis

The majority of crime guns in the United States end up in the hands of a criminal through the gray market.

Bj Zapor

He must have spent it shaking hands at the Back Porch.

Terry Sullivan

If we keep winning, our destiny is in our own hands.

Tim Horton

They struck her working tools, her legs, her arms, her hands.

Christine Arron

I touched myself and it was blood all over my hands.

Marc Cohn

We feel every comfortable with the baton in Jack's hands. He's been there before.

Denny Lynch

It's not gonna be easy. We're going to have our hands full.

Chris Baca

We are definitely going to have our hands full, without a doubt. Sunnyside will be a good measuring stick for us.

Steve Lopez

The march to the U.N. is to say, 'hands off Iran.

Dustin Langley

We don't think it was hands or fists. The victim never saw it coming.

Allen Lee

To Mexico's credit, they don't allow the oil windfall to get in the hands of the Treasury too much so they haven't really grown dependent on it.

Christian Stracke

It's still in our hands. It's just going to be a little tougher.

Cliff Lee

He's a hard-working kid. He's got good size (6 feet, 200 pounds), good focus, good concentration on the ball, good hands.

Will Lewis

For me to get my hands on all that information — that's priceless. Once I've downloaded it, I can listen to what they say again and again.

Justin Kavanaugh

I don't understand why we're still wringing our hands, when it's clearly time for action.

Chris Zimmerman

We're going to have our hands full on the perimeter, but we're going to try to attack them, too.

Katie Gearlds

I did all I could do and that?s all I can ask. I thought I had a good camp and now all I can do is put it in the Lord?s hands.

Bruce Perry

It's kind of an all-hands-on-deck call. A lot of them have called in every employee to help assist in the clean-up effort.

Scott Creel

We only expected parts of the oil and gas reserves to go back to the hands of the Bolivian government, but not 100 percent.

Lucrecia Tam

That was it. It was out of our hands.

Mike Stackpole

(Hamlin) is the quarterback of our basketball team. When we need a big play, we get the ball in her hands.

Pat Hewitt

It has large eyes, a beak, it walked on two feet and had small hands.

Sterling Nesbitt

The rules are very strict. We have to prove that the robot was out of our hands by the deadline.

Tom Heller

Comcast has the experience and the expertise. As a shareholder I would rather have those assets in Comcast's hands than standing alone and run by a telephone company.

Anthony Ferrugia

Hold a true friend with both hands.

Nigerian Proverb

Hands off! I do not molest what I photograph, I do not meddle and I do not arrange.

Dorothea Lange

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.

Billy Wilder

I know that they've improved since last year. We're going to have more of a battle on our hands.

David Dachs

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.

David Allan Coe

Ben is a better doubles player than he is a singles player. He does a good job of figuring out a way to win. He has great hands at the net.

Bob Runyan

Inmates have a lot of time on their hands in here and learning is a way to make good use of their free time.

Johnny Smith

We really played a lot of basketball; any kind of game we could get our hands on we did.

Breanna Fulper

We want to do this as soon as possible, ... But it's not all in our hands.

Glen Stewart

That's kind of in the hands of the SEC.

Mal Moore

It was a part of Grand Forks the people could hold in their hands.

Ryan Bakken

He's the best guard I've played against this season, hands-down.

Ben Luber

That was the game plan from the beginning, but he came out and scorched us. We had to do anything we could to get the ball out of his hands.

Jimmy Littleton

It really cleans your hands and doesn't dry your hands.

Donna Dow

Instead of dropping your hands down into the slot like so ...

Nick Taylor

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

Steve Nash

I am leaving to enjoy retirement like others my age, but am confident I will be leaving ATA in good hands.

George Mikelsons

Now it's all in our hands. Everything has fallen into place for us, like we hoped. Now we just have to win games.

Tim Chambers

In the press, he gets his hands on a lot of ball. When T.J.'s in the game, something's going to happen.

Tory Hanson

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Solomon Short

You don't have to take a big step. Put your hands on your hips.

Kehau Chrisman

He's a handful, when you can get your hands on him.

Robbie Tobeck

She didn't grab it and I could tell I could head it over her hands so I stuck my head out.

Noelle Kreykes

He tore that game up, so we'll have our hands full.

Frostee Rucker

I will not give up. They've got the biggest fight they've ever had on their hands.

Maurice Watkins

What you pay for in one business can help you make money in another business. They clearly do have their hands in everything.

Richard Read

She's got really nice hands.

Tina Yeager

Sam Matlock , he's a good rider. Austin Myers ... A.J. Hall ... there's a bunch of good hands coming here.

Scott Ashley

He's in your hands.

Michael Tigar

I had my hands down and he threw a big left hand at me and he got me. He got me buzzing. You learn quick that if you keep your hands down, you better get them up quick.

Donald Brashear

Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands.

Jayne Mansfield

The worm may be dead, but hands-on learning is alive at Bailey Station.

Janet Martin

I'm supposed to protect my family and do the best I can for them. I feel like my hands are tied.

Greg Boyd

He makes something happen even when he doesn't have a big hole. He's got very good hands and a good sense of finding the hole.

John Nealis

Kids come into the classroom and it's very hands-on, ... Kids like this. After phys ed, it's their favorite class.

Alice Waters

You're a song written by the hands of God.

Shakira

Some people hold hands. We hold feet.

Melodie Malone

I'm saying, 'Police, show me your hands, show me your hands,'.

Sean Carroll

Everything started to happen in the fourth round of that fight. Darnell began to let his hands go and the difference was immediate.

Jack Loew

God is on your side. We already at the finish line. Anything you put your mind to, anything you want to accomplish ,you put your faith in God's hands you can do it.

P. Diddy, Puff Daddy

It gives the kids some hands-on experience with the equipment we have in our lab. Sometimes, it's easier to understand things if you do them yourself or see them on your own.

Jenny Smith

She's hands-on, she's a doer.

Alan Milburn

Speed makes (the coaches) look smart. We have to get the ball into the hands of the guys that can do good things with it.

Bill Gallagher

I'm not one to feel that you have to open doors with your elbows and cover your hands. But you should wash your hands whether you use a public bathroom or a private bathroom.

Stuart Levy

Bethany said he didn't appear to have his hands on the steering wheel, and he appeared to be slumped.

Jim Flaherty

He who labours as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Bernard Of Clairvaux