
“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
"The Breast"
Love Poems (1969)
“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
“Don't bite my finger, look where I am pointing.”
Attributed to McCulloch in: Seymour Papert (1965) Introduction to McCulloch. p. xxviii
“You can prick your finger… Just don't finger your prick.”
Class Clown (1972)
Context: And the other two-way word is "prick". It's okay if it happens to your finger; yes, you can prick your finger, but don't finger your prick!
John Hale
The Crucible (1953)
Context: Though our own hearts break, we cannot flinch; these are new times, sir. There is a misty plot afoot so subtle we should be criminal to cling to old respect and ancient friendships. I have seen too many frightful proofs in court — the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!
"The Artist of the Beautiful" (1844)
“If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.”