Top 100 Handshake Quotes
#1. Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.
Jon Foreman
#2. Dad trusted people based on their spirit and their handshake.
John Carter Cash
#3. You've heard about the knitter's handshake? Two hands go in for the grab-and-shake, but at the last minute, they veer to the closest sleeve or band and grab it instead while we ask, "Did you knit this?
Clara Parkes
#4. And now Kit's cock - which had mostly been used for taking a leak before that moment - woke up and screamed I WANT! FEED ME ASSHOLE! And Kit had given it a good handshake until it threw up.
Amy Lane
#5. Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.
Arthur Hailey
#6. Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks.
George Vecsey
#7. Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun.
Roger Rosenblatt
#8. I got a golden handshake that nearly broke my arm
I left the ranks of shuffling graveyard people
I got rust upon my hands from the padlocked factory gates
Silent chimneys provide the silent steeples
Fish
#9. But now you must give me your hand, an agreement of this sort needs to be confirmed with a handshake. Will she shake hands with me?
Franz Kafka
#10. ...I tried to pretend that what we were enacting was nothing more than an intricate kind of handshake." ~Malcolm
Kathleen Maher
#11. And your people tried to kill my best friend, so you'll forgive me if I'm not overly keen on learning the secret handshake."
She shook her head sadly. "You should be going on dates and hanging out at the mall. Not wearing stakes on your belt."
I shrugged one shoulder. "The mall sucks.
Alyxandra Harvey
#12. The only thing weaker than a toddler's handshake is their immune system.
Jim Gaffigan
#13. Don't worry, Da. People point guns at each other all the time in Ketterdam. It's basically a handshake.
Leigh Bardugo
#14. I think of the meaning of the word "testimony." Originally it named the custom of two men holding each other's testicles in a gesture of trust, later to metamorphose into the handshake.
Alice Walker
#15. In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn - the climax of a 'day of awe,' as the press described it.
Noam Chomsky
#16. If you turn the heat down on the relationship, she will soften, the tension will lessen, and she will eventually inch closer to you. Don't go in for the hug until you achieve a handshake.
Amy Dickinson
#17. In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers.
Jimmy Hoffa
#18. As always, there was an all-American war hero look to him, coded in his tousled brown hair, his summer-narrowed hazel eyes, the straight nose that ancient Anglo-Saxons had graciously passed on to him. Everything about him suggested valor and power and a firm handshake.
Maggie Stiefvater
#19. Learn to be friendly and learn to welcome all people, but note however in doing so that it is not every hand that is stretched towards you that deserves your handshake!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#20. Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
Paul Celan
#21. I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too.
Craig Brown
#22. The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent's handshake.
Bob Hope
#23. The vicar's handshake was warm and reassuring, but shaking hands with Mavis was like clutching a bunch of dead twigs.
Victoria Twead
#24. Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall.
Ani DiFranco
#25. The handshake got a third arm as Blake entered and joined in. This was magic for Beckett, pure and simple. The world slowed down, and his cares melted away as he looked from face to face. He loved these men so fiercely, it'd probably scare them if they knew.
Debra Anastasia
#26. Dylan laughed and they exchanged a series of complex, multistage handshake-fist-bump-high-fives.
Ransom Riggs
#27. Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life ... all of our life.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#28. You cannot hide from danger. Death floats on the air, creeps through the window, comes with the handshake of a stranger. If we stop living because we fear death, then we have already died.
-Raistlin Majere
Margaret Weis
#29. I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy - a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they're required to keep an agreement with you only if you're successful or they need you.
James Cameron
#30. You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just 8th grade ... An 8th-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!
Barack Obama
#31. I expected a nod and maybe a handshake, but Dan clasped his hand to his chest, whispered something like "Chthulhu fh'tagn!" and spit into a urinal.
Brian Katcher
#32. Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who believe in kissing on, not even the first date, but the first sighting.
Judith Martin
#33. Are we all going to high-five now?' Jenna asked after a pause.
'No, but I can make up some kind of secret handshake if you want,' Archer said, and for a second, they smiled at each other.
Rachel Hawkins
#34. He called himself Jack, a plain handshake of a name, a far cry from the Clive Staples he had been christened, and to be Jack was the hard work of a lifetime.
Philip Zaleski
#35. The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John Lennon
#36. There are two kinds of persons which cannot be trusted in this world : the ones who do not greet you with a firm handshake and the ones who do not eat prawn heads.
Nelson Carvalheiro
#37. I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
Marlee Matlin
#38. Far from being offended, Mencheres went over and flawlessly executed a street-style handshake complete with finger slaps, fist bumps, and a high-low finale.
Jeaniene Frost
#39. Beyond these moments, she could hardly count the fumbling ministrations of boys in high school who, even to her senior prom, never went beyond sticky pleasantries. With one exception, it was just a sort of half-clothed handshake for bragging rights, none hers.
Thomm Quackenbush
#40. Remember, how you speak to people matters, and a lot more than you might realize. Especially when meeting people for the first time, your facial expression, handshake, and eye contact are most important - and one I strongly believe is the most important of all - ENTHUSIASM - when you speak.
Allan London
#43. There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
Lord Acton
#44. He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.
Adrian McKinty
#45. This is Zach." I said as Daniel shook hands with him. "The youngest is Ryan. The obnoxious one is Brent."
"I respect that assessment." Brent said, and awkwardly bump knuckles with Daniel instead of a handshake.
Bree Despain
#46. I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.
Alan Sugar
#47. Their handshake looked, for the first split-second he looked, like C.T. was jacking off and the little girl was going Sieg Heil.
David Foster Wallace
#48. I think it is always appropriate to end a conversation about sperm with a sweaty handshake.
Andrew Smith
#49. Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.
Lisa Kleypas
#50. I made a handshake agreement with my best friend in college, Michael Shamberg, who is now a movie producer. We used to write shows together, and we said, "Let's only do what's fun. Let's never take a job where we have to dress up in a suit."
Harold Ramis
#51. You can tell the character of a person by their handshake.
Kathy Magliato
#52. An awkward impasse. No one knew exactly how to say good-bye. A wave? A handshake? A kiss?
Harlan Coben
#53. Oh, God, if that's where this woman had gotten her Sophie Mercer gossip, I was surprised she'd greeted me with a handshake instead of an exorcism.
Rachel Hawkins
#54. But you shouldn't forget. The little stuff. Even a handshake? That's something special. Meaningful. Value it, even if you get it every day.
Wildbow
#55. I dread handshakes. I've got some problems with my hands, and everywhere I go, people want to impress me with their grip. To make it worse, now women are coming up with that firm shake. So I'll say, 'Gimme five!' If a boy wants a handshake, I'll just give him a hug.
George Foreman
#56. I ain't the captain of the yacht, but I'm on the boat;
I ain't acting what I'm not, knowing that I don't.
You niggaz acting like you will, but I know you won't.
Man, I read between the lines of the eyes of your brows,
Your handshake ain't matchin your smile ...
Beanie Sigel
#57. She was shocked by how bad he looked. Cancer really was the devil's handshake.
Ann Patchett
#58. Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.
Craig Brown
#60. Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening.
William R. Bradford
#61. Let your handshake be a greater bond than any written contract.
Steve Maraboli
#62. Is this why you didn't come for Thanksgiving?" She pointedly ignored his handshake and he moved his lips into a cold smile. Not good enough for her daughter - check. Not that he didn't already know that.
Toni Anderson
#63. You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.
Al Capone
#64. I'd give anything if you'd kiss me." I said. "I mean," I said when he tilted his head to look at me, his eyes wide in shock, "I've kissed guys before. It's like a handshake these days," I lied, just wanting to know what his lips on mind would feel like. "Almost required if you're leaving.
Kim Harrison
#65. The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.
Jhumpa Lahiri
#66. I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.
Chris Martin
#67. She was entirely unaware of the protocol when becoming acquainted with a man's rampant sex organ. Did she reach out and give it a handshake? Touch one finger to the tip? Bid it a polite howdoyoudo?
Tessa Dare
#68. My point,' I said, 'is that there's hell in every handshake, never mind an outright and humiliating insult.
Thomas Ligotti
#69. I want a new past,new memories, a new first handshake with love. I want to start over in every possible way.
Isaac Marion
#70. If you two yentas are finished discussing Claire's rabid who-ha, me and the boys would like to eat sometime this century."
"You and 'the boys?' You just met them today. Does the Ya Ya Brotherhood already have a secret handshake and a password?" Liz joked.
Tara Sivec
#71. Nothing- not a conversation, not a handshake or even a hug- establishes friendship so forcefully as eating together.
Jonathan Safran Foer
#72. He smiled, fitting his hand in mine. "Parker, I love you."
"Sandeke, I see your love, and I raise you a secret handshake.
Penny Reid
#73. These were wild aromas, far from the schoolroom, church building, or city. Like a secret handshake, these smells meant you were among a higher class. Men who were the best men Wilder knew. The kind of man he wanted, and intended, to be.
S.J. Dahlstrom
#74. I'll take a quiet life And a handshake of carbon monoxide And no alarms and no surprises
Thom Yorke
#75. Roark threw his head up once, for a flash of a second, to look at Heller across the table. It was all the introduction they needed; it was like a handshake.
Ayn Rand
#76. To a man across a thousand years I offer a handshake.
I say to him: Brother, make the story short, for the stretch of a thousand years is short.
Carl Sandburg
#77. Becoming" a stranger seems easier to maintain than "being" a stranger... The former can be sustained forever and can be resumed time and again... The latter needs just a smile or a handshake or a word of recognition to break...
Gayathri Jayakumar
#78. Why? Because, Michael whatever your middle fucking name is Ripton, there's something about that boxer fist bump handshake - something about that agreement we made - that tells me for the first time in your fucked up little life that you're not going to fuck me over,
Scott Hildreth
#79. Work like Hell. Share all you know. Abide by your handshake. Have fun.
Dan Geer
#80. He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially
not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake.
Stephen King
#81. Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds.
Edward Abbey
#82. A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.
P. J. O'Rourke
#83. When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.
Rick Perry
#84. To build your self image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake and compliment club.
Zig Ziglar
#85. And that survey is the one we all go back to. When you find one of their original corners, it is like a handshake with the past.
Andro Linklater
#86. I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer.
Steve Rushin
#87. Goodbye, my friend, goodbye
My love, you are in my heart.
It was preordained we should part
And be reunited by and by.
Goodbye: no handshake to endure.
Let's have no sadness - furrowed brow.
There's nothing new in dying now
Though living is no newer.
Sergei Yesenin
#88. A handshake, as delivered by Lyndon Johnson, could be as effective as a hug.
Robert A. Caro
#89. I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.
Randy Bachman
#90. Hockey historians say the handshake dates to English settlers in Canada, who preached an upper-class version of sportsmanship in the 19th century. Soon, tough kids in urban and prairie rinks began imitating imagined dukes and earls of the old country.
George Vecsey
#91. Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye,
particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.
Clifton Fadiman
#92. Definitely that kind of owner, he thought. Self-made man proud of his handiwork. Confuses bluffness and honesty with merely being rude. I wouldn't mind betting a dollar that he thinks he can tell a man's character by testing the firmness of his handshake and looking deeply into his eyes.
Terry Pratchett
#93. Service is a smile. It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug. It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#94. Adam held out his right hand, and Gansey clasped it in a handshake, like they were en, because they were men.
Maggie Stiefvater
#95. Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.
Harold Eugene Edgerton
#96. In a world in which time is a circle, every handshake, every kiss, every birth, every word, will be repeated precisely.
Alan Lightman
#97. My handshake is as firm as cooked spaghetti. So, do you prefer your introductions with Alfredo or marinara sauce?
Jarod Kintz
#98. Well, I think a handshake is something that honorable men do. Before we had contracts we had handshakes that expressed that we were making an arrangement that was based on our honor. And I don't think I can shake the hand of someone who shows and lacks honor by attacking a man's faith.
Rand Paul
#99. It would be so much easier if there were a secret password, or handshake. Netherworld,
open sesame!
Yeah, that didn't work, either.
Rachel Vincent
#100. I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.
Albert Camus
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