Thumb Quotations

There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people.

There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.

Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that means that it's time to quit that job.

For most part, the rule of thumb is pretty much you're going to race guys hard the last quarter of the race and for sure the last run of the day. You're still going to give and take until that last pit stop.

A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like he's playing with the thumb and fingers, which is a great compliment.

If you take your thumb and your index finger and look right where they meet - go ahead and do that now - and relax your hand, you'll see a crinkle, and then a wrinkle within the crinkle, and a crinkle within the wrinkle. Right? Your body is covered with fractals.

I stuck out like a sore thumb when I came on, just by the fact that I looked so different. I think that adjustment for the audience was a hurdle for me.

The IronClad is faster than most thumb drives but far slower than a standard hard drive. Boot up, application launch and other Windows operations feel sluggish, though still usable.

I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read.

Fit experts envision a future in which you'd carry your body scan in your cell phone or on a thumb drive, using the data to order clothes online or find them in stores. But who's going to pay for all those scanners, which cost about $35,000 each, and the staff to run them?

One rule of thumb to keep in mind is that any monies for short-term goals such as this home purchase should not be invested in the stock market. Market volatility could present problems if you do not have a longer time horizon for such investments.

Right after 9/11, I mean, every agency can give their own gradation, but a nice, popular rule of thumb is everybody doubled down. I ended up in NSA with about twice as much money as I had prior to 9/11.

I have buck teeth. I sucked my thumb until I was eleven, and then I went on to suck other things. I'm very insecure.

Love made the team, but James and I saw we weren't going to get a uniform. We didn't see the need in sitting the bench our senior year, so we became their No. 1 fans. We didn't have cars back then, so we would thumb rides to the away games.

We needed a big effort out of him today. His thumb was bothering him. It was getting worse as the game went on. I'm so proud of him, the way he competed.

I am somewhat concerned with this. It felt like I had my thumb stuck in a freezer. I couldn't tell if my thumb was even on the right spot on the ball. It got to the point where I was constantly thinking about it. You can't have that going on.

Give a lift to a tomato, you expect her to be nice, don't ya? After all, what kind of dames thumb rides, Sunday school teachers?

I don't think you know that until you play the next game. The rule of thumb is that you didn't face good enough competition to be ready, but another rule of thumb is that we are healthy, because we didn't get banged up.

I don't think we're seeing the real Rickie right now, ... There are some things that we haven't been able to work on a lot because his thumb has been bothering him a bit, but you can see that he is going to be a special player.

But all, the world's coarse thumb / And finger failed to plumb, / So passed in making up the main account.

With more technologies, there are more choices. Choose wisely and well. You don't have to read every e-mail you get; you need to develop your own rules of thumb and steps to sanity.

(He) walked over to this thing, grabbed it with his thumb and forefinger, and lifted it off the table. The place just erupted.

He went way beyond the limits. He was going for the player's eye. He did damage to the guy's eye. That wasn't a punch, he was trying to grab the player's eye with his thumb - after he speared him first. And he's a repeat offender.

He shouldn't be rusty. I just hope he doesn't catch one off his thumb and aggravates it. The only real concern I have is that doesn't happen. Everything else, I'm comfortable with.

John (Beck) floated the ball into the end zone and I tried to run underneath it. It was just out of reach. When I was coming down my left hand turned all the way around and my full weight on my thumb pushed it the opposite way. It was broken pretty bad; I have screws and a plate in it right now.

My rule of thumb is that the national average pump price will typically be 65 cents higher than the NYMEX price, ... Most of that will get passed to consumers within three weeks.

My rule of thumb is to look at both the household and payroll surveys together, giving three-quarters weight to the payroll survey and one quarter to the household survey.

Start with GOD-the first step in learning is bowing down to GOD; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

I think more than anything that is what I've put my thumb on,

I talked to (Stinson) after the surgery and he said that thumb was pretty sore. I told him it was his call. We're not going to rush anybody back before they're ready to play.

Our rule of thumb is, if it's a foul, call it. If it's a violation, call it. We want to keep it that simple.

Our rule of thumb is we want to sit down and exchange information and ideas with our constituents. When the intent is simply to embarrass the congressman or get publicity for a group or a cause, we will not participate in that.

I was very concerned. At the time, I couldn't grab a bat. Every time I touched the bat, my thumb hurt. I didn't think I'd be able to play at all. But then, all of a sudden, it healed up good.

It felt really good because my cast wasn't moving at all and my thumb didn't hurt when I pushed.

Keeping that promise this year made our job much more difficult, ... I don't see how you're going to be able to have that rule of thumb three years from now.

(Kelly) was productive early but has not been as productive late. He has a severe bruised thumb and has been struggling with that.

It brings New Jersey in more of the mainstream of other states in terms of our tax policy. Two taxes where New Jersey stood out like a sore thumb in taxing its businesses, where no other state did the same, will now be eliminated.

I think it's a general rule of thumb ? the force of the water will not allow you to walk through if it is over your knees.

I think we prefer to go to instant check on an immediate basis and try to accelerate implementing instant checks so that you could literally check by thumb print whether there was a convicted felon with dangerous behavior or dangerous mental behavior. Instant check is a much better system than the Brady process.

You haven't got time to suck on your thumb and think about things that didn't go your way.

Willy was one of those guys who never liked to change gloves. He used to put tongue depressors in the thumb when the glove got a little soft, and he'd stuff sanitary socks in the fingers. I got that from him. When I got a glove, I wanted to use that glove forever.

When students graduate from college, the first rule of thumb is to create a budget and stick to it. Be sure to make your student loan payments on time, every time.

The question is, which three? In dinosaurs we know it's the thumb and the next two fingers,

The real thumb can move in five types of way. We have managed to create a thumb that can mimic at least two of these like hold a ball, move the thumb and middle finger, as when unlocking the door or gripping an object like a hammer or microphone,

With this hand, you can clutch objects such as a ball, ... you can move the thumb out to the side and grip objects with the index finger in the way you do when opening a lock with a key.

With this hand you can clutch objects such as a ball, you can move the thumb out to one side and grip objects with the index finger in the way you do when opening a lock with a key, and you can wrap your fingers around an object in what we call the power grip - like the one you use when you hold a hammer or a microphone.

There is no pain, just coldness which leads to a lack of sensation. It feels like I stuck my thumb in a freezer.

A simple rule of thumb is that the more geometric something is, ... the easier it is to reproduce on a computer. The more organic something is, the more difficult it is to reproduce on computer. And so, hence, 'Toy Story' was the perfect story for our first film -- man-made world, man-made environment, flat floors. 'A Bug's Life,' there is nothing geometric about this movie.

A simple rule of thumb is to shop the periphery of the grocery store - that's where you'll find meat, fish, dairy, and vegetables. Choose high-quality protein such as healthy, grass-fed beef and lamb and organic chicken and pork, and eat them in moderation.

Cuz take away our playstations and we are a third world nation under the thumb of some blue blood royal son who stole the oval office and that phony election.

Video poker is contrary to the rule of thumb that you shouldn't play machine games. That's because there's so much competition in video poker and some of the pay schedules get so juicy, that if you know what you are going, you can actually play with an advantage over the casinos.

Every part of my body is sore. My ankle hurts, my knee, and I think there's something wrong with my wrist. My thumb still hurts, too, but I've just got to play through it.

I started this company because I'm passionate about privacy. And I won't sit idly by while the freedom of the Internet is crushed and access to information is restricted under the thumb of repressive regimes.

The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extremely well with one last week and I asked him, 'Hey, does it bother you?' And he said, 'Not really.' So that's good.

You are playing so bad, that I would rather lose my thumb than see you guys play anymore.

We send home order forms that request the name of the parent and the home address, as well as the color of the child's eyes and hair. We then take the child's color photo, height, weight and thumb print the day we have planned to be at that school.

When you do that, it makes it hard for your defense to play four quarters at the level that we expect them to play. We did not do a very good job on offense. I can not put my thumb on it, because there was some great effort, guys played hard, but you have to have eleven guys out there playing together. One guy here (and) one guy there just doesn't get it done.

The rule of thumb is fairly simple. If the market believes the cost of conflict is going to rise in terms of blood and treasure, it's going to discount that and sell off. If it believes the cost of conflict is going to fall, the market is going to discount that and rise. It's really that simple.

The rule of thumb is that aircraft are built for a 20-year economic life. That doesn't mean they fall out of the sky after 20 years. But it does mean they need tender loving care.

The rule of thumb is that for every complaint that is filed there are probably a hundred or so people who have the same problem but they haven't complained because they don't think it would make a difference.

The rule of thumb is the lower the approval rating for Congress, the lower the approval rating for the party in control. The more vulnerable the seat, the greater pressure to stick it out. If it's vacated, it's most likely to flip to the other side.

There is no legal authority for the chief to thumb his nose at us -- and I won't accept it, ... I won't tolerate it.

Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements.

Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stolen that data? It was on notecards. Now someone with a thumb drive, or remotely, can take the equivalent of millions of those notecards.

I've been a member of the Kentucky Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame for some time now,

That's normally issued to mine operators that basically thumb their nose to the law, these unwarrantable failure violations.

Rule of thumb is that every concert set, which includes rehearsals, costs about $10,000.

Sometimes I just thumb through the dictionary. I find words I don't know the meaning of.

First was the establishment of a curved thumb on the bow, for without the thumb being capable of flexing, the bow arm must be faulty. Second, was a good left hand setting on the fingerboard in the lower positions. Third, were the early scales, exercises, and finger independence studies.

Even for very, very small businesses, these thumb drives - the little USB drives - are getting far more powerful every day, and cheaper. So for less than a hundred dollars, you can back up a gigabyte of data to one of these thumb drives and just keep it on your car keys.

There?s other reasons involved (as to why he signed this kind of deal). Now, he?s under our thumb and on our watch and I think he?s in a good spot.

There's no good rule of thumb for insurance since people have such different situations.

There's no hard and fast rule, but a basic rule of thumb is that it takes a thousand acres to justify owning a combine.

We ask you to supply your two favorite pieces of biometric data such as your right index finger and left thumb or right eye and left thumb.

This game is so mental. If you can get into a pitcher's head, even a little bit, get him off his game this much (he holds his thumb and forefinger up to show a tiny gap), to get him to just miss, we've got guys like Griffey and (Adam) Dunn coming up.

A five or six-pointed star tattoo on the hand, between the thumb and forefinger or on the arm, is common to several gangs, including the Gangster Disciples and Bloods.

In general there's a rule of thumb that one year in the state system is worth two or three in the federal system.

I'm throwing good, my thumb is 100 percent,

I flew out to D.C. to see the guy who did my other surgery (on his thumb last year). It was in my best interest to have it done now. They said if there was a month or maybe two months left in the season, I'd be fine.

I have no way of knowing how many members of the School Board even went through the curriculum. School Board members are busy, just like everybody else. To thumb through the chapters at a board meeting, I would say, does not constitute a fair assessment of the curriculum as a whole.

If you keep your thumb over the opening so that just a little trickles out, you can take a shower with three 12-ounce bottles. But it takes six bottles if you want to wash your hair.

The ball was in between, and we both tried to cut it off. I felt my knee hit him pretty good. I was hoping it wasn't too serious. I didn't see a replay. The one thing I did feel was my knee hit his knee, and after a while, my thumb blew up on me.

The best way to describe the pain is if someone were to take a hammer and pound your thumb over and over.

Any time you lose a player the caliber of a Mark Loretta, it's a big blow. However we are encouraged that Mark did not need to have a full reconstruction of the thumb and that he will make a full recovery to be back on the field before too long.

Not a lot of people know about that. I was majoring in business, but the teachers wouldn't let me out for golf. But I've always been interested in growing things, not that I have a green thumb or anything, but I dig around in my yard at home.

It?s hard. He?s such a good guy, it?s hard to just watch it. You?ve just got to pray for him. But it?s Willie Green. He?s gonna do everything he can to get back on time. He?s just a natural athlete. I?m sure he?ll heal quickly. He came back from his thumb injury well his rookie year, I think. I don?t have any doubt that he?s gonna come back. It?s just a matter of how long it?s gonna take him.

I noticed sharp pain in the area between my thumb and index finger, ... I remember making more telephone calls deliberately to avoid having to use the keyboard and the BlackBerry.

I just did my routine. I'm a crank bowler. I don't put my thumb in, I just throw the ball outside and hope it hits the pocket.

His goal was not to rank the schools, but to pick one that really stood out and the one that stuck out like a sore thumb was the one he was going to. When he came home from Temple (last weekend), he knew it was Ohio.

They are going to dig through everybody on the supplier side. It's really starting to stick out like a sore thumb to investigators.

It's coming along pretty good. I still feel some pain in the thumb but I can handle the pain.

Apparel is a category that hadn't yet seen a trigger to boost sales, ... Rule of thumb is if you see consumers wearing coats, hats and gloves when they're in a department store like Macy's, that's probably what they'll also be looking to buy. And we're seeing that.

Apparel is a category that hadn't yet seen a trigger to boost sales. Rule of thumb is if you see consumers wearing coats, hats and gloves when they're in a department store like Macy's, that's probably what they'll also be looking to buy. And we're seeing that.

A general rule of thumb is, ... you don't introduce dog legislation because it doesn't go anywhere.

The general rule of thumb is to have seven to 10 days worth of water and food.

The game was a very interesting one. It was a real defensive struggle. They had their thumb down on us, but Whitney punched through for us with a couple of big ones in the first half.

The importance of the thumb can't be underestimated. The actions of the hand include pinch and a grasping function.

A good rule of thumb is not to pick up or offer rides to strangers.