Thenar Eminence Quotes & Sayings

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. — Reginald Heber

The immediate thing that strikes you when you see the inside of the hand is its compactness. The ball of your thumb, the thenar eminence, contains four different muscles. Twiddle your thumb and tilt your hand: ten different muscles and at least six different bones work in unison. Inside the wrist are at least eight small bones bones that move against one another. Bend your wrist, and you are using a number of muscles that begin in your forearm, extending into tendons as they travel down your arm to end at your hand. Even the simplest motion involves a complex interplay among many parts packed in a small space. — Neil Shubin

The mind is a useful tool but not a very good friend. — Stephen Levine

I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork. — Irving Brecher

And here I thought you were actually going to behave yourself," he said.
"It's going to get worse if they don't keep their hands off you."
"I suppose you're going to tell me now that only you have the right to touch me."
"I see we understand each other. — Johanna Lindsey

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches. — Horace

Here's why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join. — Andrew Sullivan