Empty Handed Quotes: top 31 famous quotes about Empty Handed

Empty Handed Quotes & Sayings

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He went to India to "find himself" last year, but evidently he wasn't there, and he came back empty-handed. — Craig McLay

If you handed [character] a glass that was 90% full, he'd tell you that the 10% empty part proved that no one really cared about water. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed. — Amy Sedaris

I now believe that all journeys are ridiculous: the only journey from which you don't always come back empty-handed is the journey inside yourself. — Amos Oz

With monuments as with men, position means everything. — Honore De Balzac

I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie. — Chuck Zito

Don't go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. — Al Bernstein

No empty handed man can lure a bird — Geoffrey Chaucer

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right. — Flora Thompson

Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become? — Marilyn Manson

We've been together so long, I hope it just wasn't the drugs. — Joan Osborne

Archaeologists of the soul never return empty-handed. — Anais Nin

Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them. — Gene Edwards

Yes, I'm a real fighter. But I often ended up empty-handed. — Hugo Pratt

We've all done this - created our mix-and-match families, our homemade safety nets. — David Levithan

The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge. — Fred Vargas

Born empty handed,
Die empty handed.
I witnessed life at its fullest,
Empty handed. — Marlo Morgan

If it's a revolution it can't be predictable. And if it's predictable it can't be a revolution. — Clay Shirky

What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed? — Veronica Roth

The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer. — Thomas Merton

How amazing was this ability to achieve plenty by achieving little, to go home empty-handed yet still satisfied at the end of the day! — Elif Shafak

America is replicated at every level of British life, from the taxi driver to the prime minister. — Timothy Garton Ash

The world has more winnable people than ever before but it is possible to come out of a ripe field empty-handed. — Donald McGannon

I'm always interested in something when it isn't familiar to me. — Brian Eno

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends. — Floyd Patterson

Better to be empty-handed than to be empty-minded. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates. — Mike Krzyzewski

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster. — Steven Gerrard

If you chase after everything at once, you stand a good chance of ending up empty-handed. — Tadahiko Nagao

When you enter the Lions Den, it's best not to go empty-handed or you'll probably leave that way — Josh Stern