Shake Hands

Famous quotes containing the words shake hands, shake and/or hands:

“Fashion required the suppression of all naturalness—’to walk upright, with unbending joints; to shake hands after the pump- handle formula; to look inexpressibly indifferent towards everybody and everything; and speak only in a mincing voice was to be a decorous member of society.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Do memories plague their ears like flies?
They shake their heads.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)

“Everything that comes out of the hands of the Creator of all things is good, everything degenerates in the hands of man.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)