Solomon Short

(aka David Gerrold

U.S. sci-fi author)

A bird in the hand makes blowing your nose difficult.

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Solomon Short

(aka David Gerrold, US science-fiction author) A human being is a computer's way of making another computer. Yes, we are their sex organs. www.sky-net-eye.com

Solomon Short, aka SF novelist David Gerrold

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. www.sky-net-eye.com

hand

[hand] See: [AT HAND], [BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH], [BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE], [CLEAN HANDS], [DIRTY ONE'S HANDS], [EAT OUT OF ONE'S HAND], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

[bird in the hand is worth two in the bush] Something we have, or can easily get, is more valuable than something we want that we may not be able […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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