Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese martial artist, writer, artist
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Water Book
HermAphroditeZine, Autumn 1999
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese martial artist, writer, artist
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Water Book
Liz Kessler (1966) British children's writer
Source: Read Me Like a Book
“You can prick your finger… Just don't finger your prick.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
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!
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 10
Paul Weller (singer) (1958) English singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Private Hell, from Setting Sons (1979)
“You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.”
Heinz Guderian (1888–1954) German general
Man schlägt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern.
As quoted in Die Deutschen gepanzerten Truppen bis 1945 (1965) by Oskar Munzel, p. 209; this indicated the need to concentrate tank forces for one strong push in one direction and not distribute them over a large area.