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My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.
A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.
I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.
Ive always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.
You know, I think there's a good rule of thumb here: Don't take nutritional advice from other species.
Beast had once informed me that humans were hunters only by luck and because they had opposable thumbs.
The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.
his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies
Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.
If you've got a shot at having some 30 million people give you thumbs up or thumbs down every week, you take it.
I do text a lot. Sometimes, at night, my thumbs hurt because I've texted so much, so I definitely text too much.
We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?
Usually when you do a pilot, there's a moment where all of the executives get together and say thumbs up or down.
Dad sometimes sends me texts saying, 'Just heard you on the radio, thumbs up', or whatever. So that's pretty cute.
You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.
Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.
On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.
I have this red cardigan that my friend Coco gave me that has holes for thumbs. It's my cozy sweater. I wear it a lot.
I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped.
Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.
Can you take human form in daylight? (Talon) Obviously so. Ever tried to answer a phone without opposable thumbs? (Vane)
As a quiet salute to Beavis and Butthead, I held up my index finger and thumb in an "L"-the international sign for loser.
As a rule of thumb. Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.
Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.
No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John
Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.
They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs.
Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
You’ve got to guess at worst cases: No model will tell you that. My rule of thumb is double the worst that you have ever seen.
It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.
I used to be very vain about my thumbs. I have fat thumbs. If there's a movie where you see me on the phone, it's not my hands.
You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile
A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment.
I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes.
Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.
If the search is for examples that contradict the predictions of standard economic models, a good rule of thumb is to start in France.
Galen cupped her cheek with his uninjured hand, his thumb caressing the rise of satin-covered bone. She trembled, but didn’t pull away.
When I'm later in the competition, I get antsy. I'm seeing everybody else go and achieve things. It's like I'm just twiddling my thumbs.
When my father retired, all he did was twiddle his thumbs. I don't want to go down that road. As long as I'm still in demand, I'll work.
You can carry a photograph with you on a thumb drive, and you can make it bigger or smaller - it's a very malleable form of mass production.
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.
Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.
'The Daily Beast' competes in the highly Darwinian media world filled with hyper-smart, highly adaptive, tool-using people with opposable thumbs.
...I made some more threats. I've got this big knife back here." He poked his thumb over his shoulder. "It attracts a lot of attention sometimes.