“I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.” IdeasHandsAbleBitsClothesStartingWoodsStores Author:Jamie Oliver
“It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation.” DoeHandsArtistBitsSituationEvery Second Author:Keith Urban
“Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even 'for people who finished school and went to University'. Nonsense. Anyone can do it. But no-one can do it straight off the bat. Like plastering, brain surgery or assembling truck engines, you have to do a bit of training - get your hands dirty - and make some mistakes.” PeopleWritingHandsSchoolBitsCan DoMistakeBrainSmartTrainingUniversityFinishedDirtyNonsenseEnginesBatsSurgeryTruckSmart PeopleAssemblingBrain SurgeryFinished School Author:Jasper Fforde
“Tie me up, please... Chantal said. They looked above at some vines and roots hanging down from the grassy area above the depression in the canal they were standing in. She was in his hands-he had to comply. A little bit of kink was one of the most delicious of erotic pleasures. Catholic school girls were often the horniest-Brett could hardly contain his elation.” LittlesSaidHandsSchoolGirlBitsPleasurePleaseLittle BitAreasStandingRootsCatholicLustTiesDeliciousEroticVinesCanalsCatholic SchoolElationKinkSchool Girl Book:Catholic School Girls Rule Source: Catholic School Girls Rule
“The Heisman attention has definitely been a little bit of a surprise. It's been out of my hands. It's something I'm not focused on. I'm focused on the season and trying to win as many games as possible.” TryingLittlesHandsGamesWinningBitsAttentionLittle BitSeasonsSurpriseFocused Author:Johnny Manziel
“Blankets on the other hand are incredibly needy as they are always trying to fill a “void”. Are a bit whorish in that the instant you walk away from them in less than a minute they’ll be all over someone else, and the moment you actually need them they’re nowhere to be found.” NeedsTryingMomentsHandsFoundBitsWalksMinutesInstantVoidBlanketAlways TryingNeedy Author:Nicole McKay
“The video camera dominates art. It's a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more.” IfsLooksArtHandsBitsPaperPhotographyCamerasVideoBoresPencilsVideo Cameras Author:David Hockney
“I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitch it all back together. Luckily I didn't hurt my shoulder but I'm now at the point where the only thing on my body which isn't hurting is my bad shoulder.” BodyHandsAbleTogetherLostLeftBitsSidesHurtCuttingDoctorsSkinsShouldersKneesBack TogetherStitches Author:Jens Voigt
“Golfers don't fist fight. They cuss a bit. But they wouldn't punch anything or anybody. They might hurt their hands and have to change their grip.” HandsMightFightingBitsHurtFistsGolfers Author:Dan Jenkins
“So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little tiny bit of common sense. Our robots know that if they've got something in their hand and they drop it, it's gone. They shouldn't go and try and put it down.” IfsKnowsTryingLittlesHandsBitsSimpleCommonGoneTasksTinyCommon SenseRobotsCleaningSimple ThingsRepetitive Author:Rodney Brooks
“I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in.” ArtHandsUsedBitsInterestTechnologyRichComputerPaintVery GoodDataExposedGamingFusionArt And Technology Author:Aaron Koblin
“Across the narrow beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I; And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry, The wild waves reach their hands for it, The wild wind raves, the tide runs high, As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I.” LittlesHandsRunningBitsWindWaveWoodsBeachDrySandTidesUp And DownPipersRave Book:Poems Source: Poems
“From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two.” HeartTwoHandsMotherFatherBitsSonFolksContraryBroke Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate.” MenYearsWellsMadeHandsMightBitsDecisionRolesStudyGreaterRiskGroupsBecomingIntelligentMalesPassivePropositionsMarginsBecoming MoreTestosteroneUpper Hand Book:Chindi Source: Chindi
“Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless.” PeopleWritingLooksLittlesStillsEnoughHandsSeemsPassionBitsParticularPaintingLittle BitClothesConsciousWealthyHomelessPlaces To LiveWriting MusicSecond HandPortlandSecond Hand Clothes Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“I just wear jeans, big motorcycle boots and T-shirts that are way too big for me. I like anything that has lived a little bit, that has traces of life on it. Knitwear that's a tiny bit too long because you've pulled it with your hands, or jeans that are starting to get holes.” WayLittlesLongHandsBigsBitsLittle BitStartingTinyHolesShirtsBootsJeansT ShirtMotorcycleKnitwear Author:Clemence Poesy
“The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.” WritingHandsBitsTruth IsHorribleLazy Author:Al Madrigal
“Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand.” FeelingsHandsSeemsBitsMoonSkinsBreatheDiamondBoresJewels Author:Anna Magnani
“I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.” PeopleThinkingShouldHandsStarsBitsWalksGardenShould HaveMessGardeningDirtMovie StarFingernails Author:Amanda Donohoe
“All women have a complicated relationship to beauty, but as a transgender woman it's a bit more complicated. There's a lot of pressure to appear feminine. When I was younger, I was most insecure about my size, my angular features, my feet, my hands . At the end of the day, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, and being able to walk down the street and not have people question your gender - and, for me, being perceived as a woman.” PeopleEndsHandsAbleBitsWalksFeetStreetsComfortableSkinsPressureSizeComplicatedGenderFeaturesThe End Of The DayFeminineInsecureTransgenderComplicated RelationshipComfortable In Your Own Skin Author:Andrej Pejic
“There is too much at stake to worry about our own egos. When my son was killed, I had to face the fact that I was somehow also responsible for what happened. Every American that allows this to continue has, to some extent, blood on their hands. Some of us have a little bit, and some of us are soaked in it.” LittlesFactsHandsFacesBitsWorryToo MuchHappenedBloodSonEgoLittle BitResponsibleMy SonStakes Author:Cindy Sheehan
“If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.” IfsHandsHappinessBitsFlowerDependsDrinkHappyBreakfastYardsBeing HappyVery HappyTrue HappinessNapsLife HappinessJoy And HappinessJust Be HappyJoy HappinessLife And HappinessSelf HappinessKey To HappinessLive Life HappyOthers HappinessLive HappyThey Make Me HappySimple Happiness Author:Andy Rooney
“I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.” WantTryingMadeI CanReasonPlayHandsGuyBitsSoundHeardStrangePleasePicksEarsGuitarMade ItShakesSteelBottlenecksTrill Author:B. B. King
“You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children you back off of a little bit and let them be. It's the same way with actors. Some actors need a lot of hand holding. Other actors like to be let be and you let them go. Some actors like to be nudged just a little bit. Some actors don't mind line readings.” IfsWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesHandsMotherReadingActorsBitsLinesDisciplineLittle BitHand Holding Author:Rob Reiner
“In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid's foot between Venus's thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied "Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.” IfsShouldHandsBitsRoomsPiecesFeetFineFoolDrawingPainterQueensHungPalacesThighsVenusGuiseCupidObscenityConnoisseur Author:Horace Walpole
“London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind of hand them off. You're in charge for a bit and then you don't go out anymore. You say, "Oh god, it's going to be too crowded."” KindRealHandsBitsCitiesMy FriendsLondonCrowdedDump Author:Nick Lowe
“I always loved horror as a kid. On the one hand, I really love monsters, because in a way I feel like I related to their outsider status and like the sentimental romantic plight of the monster. More importantly though I feel like people are completely motivated by fear, especially with our political system here in America which is just degenerating into more and more fear mongering and it gets in the way of real discourse, plus it's just something I'm obsessive about and have always been a little bit of a paranoid guy.” PeopleWayFeelsLittlesRealHandsKidsAmericaPoliticalGuyBitsHorrorLittle BitMonstersRelatedPlusMotivatedOutsidersDiscourseSentimentalObsessivePolitical SystemsParanoidPlightFear Mongering Author:Larry Fessenden
“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayFeelsTryingLittlesHandsFilmFeltBitsCompanyElementsCreatingLittle BitMusic IsConnectionsMusicalAlbumsMediumsVisualsJust OneBeing The BestTransportContributingBest FilmCreating MusicBest Company Author:Andrew Hollander
“The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous. And I only have like a tiny, tiny bit of that, and I'm already disgusted by it. But I realize that the only way to be disgusted by fame is to be famous, because otherwise it looks amazing. Then people stop you on the street, and it's like the most annoying thing in the world. The first time it happened it's great, and then the second time you have to shake somebody's hand.” PeopleWorldWayFirstsLooksHandsBitsRealizingHappenedStreetsFameFirst TimeTinyShakesAnnoyingBeing FamousDisgustedTurned OffAnnoying Things Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“The keys are, or were, the training methods used by the ancient mystery schools. We've got hints and tips, we've got little bits on the papyri, but we don't have, in our hands, a complete curriculum of the ways in which they induced altered states of consciousness and the projection of the mind.” WayMindLittlesStatesHandsSchoolUsedBitsConsciousnessMysteryKeysLittle BitTrainingMethodAncientProjectionHintsAlteredCurriculumStates Of ConsciousnessAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki