“Lay down the axe; fling by the spade; Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle-field.” WarHandsLightFieldsLike YouArmsBattleTasksLaysTrackQuittingBrandsPensBladesCrookedRiflesReinsFlingSpadesBayonetsHorsemenToilingPlies Author:William C. Bryant
“One's self is always shifting in relationship to beauty and you always have to be able to incorporate yourself or your new self into life. Like your skin starts hanging off your arms and stuff, and then you have to think, well that's really beautiful too. It just isn't beautiful in a way that I knew it was beautiful before.” ThinkingWayWellsSelfAbleBeautifulStuffLike YouArmsSkinsShiftingReally BeautifulNew Self Author:Kiki Smith
“You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do it! We're praying for you." The advice starts. "Use a heavier ball." "Keep your arm straight." "You should get a vasectomy." If you're really bad at bowling like me, they'll ask if want the bumpers up. Not that bowling is that complex anyway. "You want the bumpers? We can get rid of the pins. Why don't you take this coloring book and sit in the corner?"” IfsWantShouldBookUseFunnyAsksCan DoComedyGroupsWorstAdviceLike YouArmsPrayingTreatsBallsComplexesCancerCornersLike MeYou Can Do ItPinsBowlingBumperBowlersPraying For YouVasectomy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!” IfsLooksCausesWalksHalfWonderCrazyLike YouHairArmsOfficePicksShoesNecksPantsTattooUp And Down Book:Mayor: The Best Job in Politics Source: Mayor: The Best Job in Politics
“When Gazza was dribbling he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.” UsedBitsLike YouArmsSupermarketsNewcastleMinefieldsNewcastle United Author:Bobby Robson
“I swear to God, I went in to buy bikinis, and the lady's like, 'You're not getting out of this store 'til you get down there and show me what you do for those abs and the arms.' She wouldn't sell me my bikinis! I had to get on the floor and do the stomach thing.” ShowsLike YouArmsSellsStoresStomachSwearShow MeBikinisSwear To God Author:Sharon Stone
“LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now people say, "He's not a student, he's an athlete." Well, of course he's not a student! He's here for one year and he told you he's here for one year, and the school took him with open arms.” PeopleYearsWellsDoneSchoolCoursesMillionsStudentsLike YouArmsAthleteStigmaOpen Arms Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.” WantStrongLike YouArmsYogaDancingCoreMusclesAccessoriesPilatesStrong Arms Author:Natalia Vodianova
“I had no clue what anyone was talking about like, you know I don't think I, I don't think any of the depictions of sex were more to me than just like an image of two people's arms rubbing together [when I was eight], I just had no clue.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoTogetherSexTalkingLike YouArmsEightClueDepiction Author:Lena Dunham