140 Movie Quotes about Hands (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jan 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about hands, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 You know, the funny thing about shaking hands is... You need hands.

David Spade as Emperor Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove

2 Take your flea-pickin' hands off of my cub!

Phil Harris as Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967)

3 Um, um, my dear ladies, you have my permission to kiss the royal hands. Whichever you like, first.

Peter Ustinov as Prince John in Robin Hood (1973)

4 My grandfather didn't build any condos with his bare hands.

Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore in Happy Gilmore

5 I want those pretty hands to be warm. But I don't have $25 to buy the gloves. -Send her a nice card and tell her to keep her hands in her pockets.

John Christian Graas as Linus Van Pelt in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown

6 Where's your other hand? -Between two pillows. -Those aren't pillows!

John Candy as Del Griffith; Steve Martin as Neal Page in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

7 Oh, No! My hands are in the air like I just do not care!

Jim Parsons as Oh in Home (2015)

8 To the pain means the first thing you lose will be your feet, below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next, your nose.

Cary Elwes as Westley Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride (1987)

9 Still the softest hands in all Paris.

Eva Gabor as Duchess in The Aristocats

10 Baby, you make me wish I had three hands.

Benny From Total Recall in Total Recall (1990)