“It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.”
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American journalist 1911–1980Related quotes
“If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.”
Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) film, stage, and television actress
XXIV. 505–506 (tr. Robert Fagles); Priam to Achilles.
Richmond Lattimore's translation:
: I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through;
I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) Dutch painter
As quoted in Willem De Kooning, 1904-1997: Content as a Glimpse by Barbara Hess, 2004.
1990's & from posthumous publications
Donald Tusk (1957) Polish politician, current President of the European Council
'Capricious': Donald Tusk condemns Trump administration https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/16/donald-tusk-condemns-donald-trump-transatlantic-trade-war, The Guardian, (16th May 2018)
“One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.”
Albert Speer (1905–1981) German architect, Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany
“My heart is your heart," he said. "My hands are your hands.”
Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls
Variant: And what if I'm the one who kills him?" "My heart is your heart," he said, "My hands are your hands.
Source: City of Lost Souls
