“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it's frozen shut.”
“The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.”
“Like is an emotion. Emotions”—he raised a hand, made a fist, clenched it tightly—“are like holding water. You open your hand, there’s nothing there. Better to be a weapon than a woman.”