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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.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Quotes by Lao Tzu

We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with.

Quotes by Kristin Armstrong

I became a vegetarian after I became aware of factory farming and slaughterhouses and the torture and inhumane handling of all these animals.

Quotes by Kevin Nealon

Dunk, and people anywhere will ooh and aah. But you can wow a crowd in New York with ball handling and passing.

Quotes by Kenny Smith

I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.

Quotes by Ken Livingstone

Everything from Washington's handling of the N.S.A., as well as Apple launching a new iPhone. These events can move billions of dollars in the stock market, and it seems as if the East Coast and West Coast are merging in...

Quotes by Kayla Tausche

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked...

Quotes by Kate Chopin

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on...

Quotes by John Sladek

I think every single girl you face is good at handling pressure. That's part of why they're successful on a regular basis from season to season and over a lot of years.

Quotes by Johanna Konta

If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.

Quotes by Joel Coen

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.

Quotes by Jamie Foxx

There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level.

Quotes by Jaleel White

It was the view of the people in the Department of State that the handling of Yemen affairs from Aden was too much of a burden on the then Consul, so an additional officer was named to the American Consulate...

Quotes by Hermann Eilts

I think Obama is handling his image very well, but I think he lacks boldness.

Quotes by Helen Thomas

The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.

Quotes by Hayden Fry

I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.

Quotes by Hamish Linklater

We need to make friends with ourselves. We are stuck with our self all day, so let's be kinder, gentler, more amusing company. Let's take our own hand and say, 'There, there, sister. You're doing a good job. I'm proud...

Quotes by Glennon Doyle Melton

I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit.

Quotes by Glen Mazzara

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!

Quotes by George Herman

As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.

Quotes by Fred Haise

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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.