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Handling Quotes

How we hold what matters most, carefully.

These quotes compare handling delicate situations, from careful word choice to weighty responsibilities like crisis response, showing how care and composure go hand in hand. For more on staying composed, see Control quotes.

Pilots enjoy the fun and challenge of handling the fancy machine.

Quotes by Philip Greenspun

I am basically analytical, not creative; my writing is simply a creative way of handling analysis.

Quotes by Philip K. Dick

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved.

Quotes by Peter L. Berger

This was how Johan Cruyff worked. He was demanding a lot, but when you got there, and you were in his team, he was an incredible protector. He would push and push you, and then he would protect you. He...

Quotes by Pep Guardiola

Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were...

Quotes by Paul Engle

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of...

Quotes by Orville Wright

All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes.

Quotes by Nils-Axel Morner

Vajpayeeji's time was a time of mutual respect and understanding, irrespective of how small or big a party you are. In fact, Vajpayeeji's handling of a coalition is something of a benchmark in world politics.

Quotes by Naveen Patnaik

Women's behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Quotes by Nancy Friday

I can see myself doing production work and handling projects behind the scenes.

Quotes by Moises Arias

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget.

Quotes by Mike Thompson

When you're losing, there's that survival instinct. But when you're handling success, people think it's easier, and they think losing's harder. But handling success, to me, always creates more issues. Are you in touch with reality? With perception?

Quotes by Mike McCarthy

I'm making a case against how money managers are handling customers' money. The objective of the customer is not being met if the fund managers are diversifying their assets into hundreds of businesses. If they do this, they are typically...

Quotes by Michael Lee-Chin

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International...

Quotes by Michael Isikoff

When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in.

Quotes by Mariska Hargitay

I don't know if this is the flat-out strangest, but I'll never forget handling a human brain. It had been sliced into sections for autopsy, each about an inch thick, and felt like pork tenderloin. I swear to god, my...

Quotes by Marcus Sakey

As members of Congress, we may disagree with the administration's position on foreign policy matters, but the fact remains: the Executive Branch is tasked with handling diplomatic matters.

Quotes by Marcia Fudge

Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to public health, social services, and waste handling are factored into the same equation.

Quotes by Majora Carter

Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get...

Quotes by Lydia Ko

I've always spent money on books. I've always enjoyed handling books - the size, the format. I feel very strongly about original ephemera.

Quotes by Louise Wilson

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does handling mean in the context of these quotes?
These quotes use handling broadly, covering everything from choosing words carefully to managing large-scale responsibilities like a humanitarian crisis.
Do these quotes compare words to something dangerous?
Yes, one quote compares careless words to a bomb, suggesting we should treat our language with the same caution we'd give something volatile.
Is there a global or humanitarian angle here?
One quote calls for the whole world to work together on handling a refugee crisis, framing responsibility as a shared, collective task.
Do any quotes touch on professional responsibility and trust?
Yes, one reflects on the protective instinct that comes with handling sensitive professional relationships where someone else's trust is on the line.
Where can I read more about staying composed under pressure?
Check out our Control quotes page for related reflections on steadiness and self-management.

Interested in how people manage tough responsibilities? Browse Management quotes, or read about the emotional side of care in Emotion quotes.