Handshake Quotes

“The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger-tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm. Others there are whose hands have sunbeams in them, so that their grasp warms my heart. It may be only the clinging touch of a child's hand; but there is as much potential sunshine in it for me as there is in a loving glance for others. A hearty handshake or a friendly letter gives me genuine pleasure.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

“He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.”
― Adrian McKinty, The Cold Cold Ground

“I must go the washroom. I've shaken a lot of hands.”
― Yann Martel

“I'd give anything if you'd kiss me." I said. "I mean," I said when he tilted his head to look at me, his eyes wide in shock, "I've kissed guys before. It's like a handshake these days," I lied, just wanting to know what his lips on mind would feel like. "Almost required if you're leaving.”
― Kim Harrison, Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond

“Hug your customers but also offer handshake to your competitors.”
― Amit Kalantri

“She doesn’t shake hands.” Saul smiled at the reverend and shrugged. She had other odd behaviors. Saul never viewed her idiosyncrasies as a problem. Rather, he enjoyed her ongoing revelations. She was a piñata of surprises every time they went out. –Michael Benzehabe, from the novel Unassimilated”
― Michael Benzehabe

“I think about that handshake a lot, because it reassures me that it was clearly just a friendly suggestion. I had no idea what it would spark.”
― Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer

“Let your handshake be a greater bond than any written contract.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I hate when I'm not done with my cup but my mom decides to put it in the dishwasher anyway and the cup isn't dishwasher safe. I keep telling my mom that my origami coffee mugs are hand wash ONLY. Handshakes are also hand wash only.
-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”
― Karen Quan, liQUID PROse QUOtes

“You could approach someone worlds apart from you by offering them, like a handshake, a simple truth from their own lives.”
― Danielle Bennett, Dragon Soul

“I make my Duck Soup Milkshakes by hand, the same way I make my handshakes. Just kidding—my hello, nice-to-meet-yous are all store-bought at Walmart and translated by Google. 你好，很高興認識你.”
― Jarod Kintz, BearPaw Duck And Meme Farm presents: Two Ducks Brawling Is A Pre-Pillow Fight

“I have rubbed shoulders with the rich, the powerful, and the armless. It’s how to network when handshakes aren’t an option.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“There’s nothing like a friendly handshake to establish social cooperation, but the bonobo handshake takes erotic politics to a whole new level.”
― Dr Susan Block

“Accepting the blame for shame is agenda and happens like a silent handshake of agreement. By resolving the blame for the shame, you resolve the anger.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“Initiate a proper handshake and the whole world opens up for you. – James D. Wilson”
― James D Wilson

“Diplomacy is the art of recognizing all colors and knowing how to mix them up and bring them back as they were first.”
― Salam Al Shereida

“COVID-19 has made shaking hands a fond memory of the past.”
― Steven Magee

“Handshaking is about balance, really, between the limp fish shake and the bone-crushing vise. Perhaps someday I'll graduate to the two-handed shake that a spry nun once gave me at a soup kitchen, her hands cupped around my own with a gentle press, as though listening to me was all she wanted to do.”
― Nicole Sheets

“With warm pleasantries, strangers become clients. With firm handshakes, contracts become signed.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You