Handshake Quotes

• 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

  Giving, First Impression, Firsts

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast

  Benjamin Franklin

  Taste, Host

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• Handshakes and hugs will always trump likes and shares.

  C.C. Chapman

  Hug, Likes, Share

  "Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness". Book by C.C. Chapman, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2012.

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• In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers.

  Jimmy Hoffa

  Power, Needs, Management

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• More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

  John Barth

  History, Political, Secret

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• Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

  Paul Celan

  Inspirational, Writing, Hands

  Paul Celan, Rosemarie Waldrop (2003). “Collected Prose”, p.26, Psychology Press

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• Work like Hell. Share all you know. Abide by your handshake. Have fun.

  Dan Geer

  Fun, Hell, Share

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• The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

  John Lennon

  Cab Drivers, Pieces, Want

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• To build your self image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake and compliment club.

  Zig Ziglar

  Self, Needs, Clubs

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• If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

  Richard J. Daley

  Men, World, Paper

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• It is possible to tell things by a handshake. I like the "looking in the eye" syndrome. It conveys interest. I like the firm, though not bone crushing shake. The bone crusher is trying too hard to "macho it." The clammy or diffident handshake - fairly or unfairly - get me off to a bad start with a person.

  George H. W. Bush

  Crush, Eye, Trying

  George H.W. Bush (2013). “All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Eye, Men, Hiding Something

  Clifton Fadiman (1962). “Enter, conversing”

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• The door handle is the handshake of the building.

  Juhani Pallasmaa

  Doors, Building, Handle

  Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.62, John Wiley & Sons

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• 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 Nouwen

  Beautiful, Kissing, People

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• I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.

  Marlee Matlin

  Hollywood, Executives

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• You accomplish more with a smile, a handshake, and a gun than you do with just a smile and a handshake.

  Al Capone

  Gun, Accomplish

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• 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

  Smile, Eye, Soul

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• I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

  Albert Camus

  Laughter, Attitude, Laughing

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.41, Vintage

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• 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

  Wall, Blow, Wind

  Song: Good, Bad, Ugly, Album: Imperfectly

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• Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you've agreed to a deal, don't back out of it unless the other party fails to deliver as promised. Your handshake is your bond. As far as I'm concerned, a handshake is worth more than a signed contract. As an entrepreneur, a reputation for integrity is your most valuable commodity. If you try to put something over on someone, it will come back to haunt you.

  Victor Kiam

  Integrity, Party, Dirty

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• 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

  Men, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• 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

  Laughter, Feelings, Unity

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• No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned by a dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Men, Pet Loss

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• Hug and kiss whoever helped get you - financially, mentally, morally, emotionally - to this day. Parents, mentors, friends, teachers. If you're too uptight to do that, at least do the old handshake thing, but I recommend a hug and a kiss. Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone.

  Stephen King

  Teacher, Kissing, Parent

  Commencement Address, University of Maine at Orono, May 07, 2005.

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• The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake.

  Jennie Bond

  Goodbye, Art, Edinburgh

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