Two Hands – Quotes

Holdsworth is so damned

Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand. Eddie Van Halen

My mother\’s great line

My mother’s great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don’t somebody else will. Fiona Wood

When I was a little bitty kid, my aunt showed me how to play a little boogie. It took me years. I had to play the left-hand part with two hands, because my hands was so little. Then as I grew up and I learned how to play the left-hand part with one hand, she … Read more

I meant it, Claire,’

I meant it, Claire,’ he said quietly. ‘My life is yours. And it’s yours to decide what we shall do, where we go next. To France, to Italy, even back to Scotland. My heart has been yours since first I saw ye, and you’ve held my soul and body between your two hands here, and … Read more

I was crying for

I was crying for joy, my Sassenach,’ he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. And thanking God that I have two hands. That I have two hands to hold you with. To serve you with, to love you with. Thanking God that I am a whole man still, … Read more

If you get bored

If you get bored of doing it (Peacock Pose) with two hands, try it with one. Dharma Mittra

She had nothing in

She had nothing in this world but her two hands and her crazy love for Jesus, who seemed, for his part, never to have heard of her. Denis Johnson

Hope, however, isn’t all

Hope, however, isn’t all that’s needed to achieve change. Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled out of this deep hole. The second hand was faith. Dean Koontz

If I were to

If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos – and believe me, I love playing them – I would be counting my entire repertoire from year to year on my two hands. David Finckel

But give up my

But give up my business? The same business I’d built from the ground up with my own two hands and designer Louis Vuittons? The same business for which I’d sacrificed blood, sweat, and tears? Well, maybe not sweat and tears, but there was blood. Lots of blood. Give it up? Not likely. Besides, what else … Read more