#gesture

Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone? ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#gesture #hands #people #phone #talk

Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual sets of gestures and expressions. I still have this nagging feeling that it's me, that I didn't create a unique character. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#beyond #character #create #expressions #feeling

I spin around and give him the finger down low, hoping Monsieur Boutin can't see. St. Clair responds by grinning and giving me the British version, the V-sign with his first two fingers. Monsieur Boutin tuts behind me with good nature. I pay for my meal and take the seat next to St. Clair. "Thanks. I forgot how to flip off the English. I'll use the correct hand gesture next time." "My pleasure. Always happy to educate. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#flipping-off #hand-gesture #education

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#books #encourage #feel #gesture #heroic

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night. ↗

— Paul Hogan

#career #could #down #flames #foolish

Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them. ↗

— Fannie Hurst

#enjoy #few #functions #gesture #goodwill

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician. ↗

— Toots Thielemans

#cradle #each #gestures #had #i

The internet is a wild land with its own games, languages and gestures through which we are starting to share common feelings. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#feelings #games #gestures #internet #land

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#brutal #gestures #making #men #precise

With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world. One day at a time we can change everything. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#compassion #inspirational #kind-gesture #kindness #life