"I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture."

-- Benedict Cumberbatch

#Hands Quotes #Friendly Quotes #Gestures Quotes

“When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.”
“Working on 'Scrubs' made me feel guilty because I realized that if I had decided to become an actual doctor, instead of just playing one, I could probably have found a cure to cancer within five years.”
“If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”
“Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.”
“A writer of story books! What kind of business in life-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation-may that be? Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!”
“Every atom in me feels composed of lead. This is what dying is: a pull to the ground.”
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
“Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after itâ€™s all over.”

Source : Nevil Shute (2010). “Requiem for a Wren”, p.246, Random House

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