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  • People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.

    Heart   Caring   People  
  • I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick.

  • When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed.

    Heart   Men   Artist  
    Margaret Mead (1975). “Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world”, William Morrow & Co
  • But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our culture is intense. For instance, decade after decade bright young men and women emerge from their universities able to say proudly: 'Of course I know nothing about German literature.' It is the mode. The Victorians knew everything about German literature, but were able with a clear conscience not to know much about the French.

    Men   Ideas   Giving  
    Doris May Lessing (1989). “The Doris Lessing Reader”, Jonathan Cape
  • The fittest, not the richest, make the most enviable mark. Pampered sons of plutocrats may shine for a time in society, but not in the world of affairs and of service unless they rip off their coats and get to work early and stay late. To be born with a golden spoon in the mouth is more of a handicap than a help in attaining worthwhile success in this age.

    Success   Rip   Son  
  • Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn't do anything for a while, apart from taking up golf, for which I got a four handicap.

    Couple   Golf   Years  
  • Fear is a survival tool not a handicap.

  • Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

    Life   Change   Running  
    Paul Tournier (1957). “The Meaning of Persons”
  • Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.

    Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.79, Bantam
  • President Clinton and President Obama played a round of golf over the weekend. President Clinton asked Obama what his handicap was, and Obama said, 'Joe Biden.'

  • Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.

    Handicaps   Jew  
    "Sammy Davis Jr. Kept His Cool in a Less-Tolerant Era" by Carmel Dagan, variety.com. December 8, 2015.
  • Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

  • Handicap: an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

    Golf   Two   Different  
  • The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

    Mind   Ears   Deafness  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

    Beauty   Beautiful   Girl  
  • Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress

    Real   Ideas   Progress  
    Steve Grand (2003). “Creation: Life and How to Make It”, p.21, Harvard University Press
  • The laboratory routine, which involves a great deal of measurement, filing, and tabulation, is either my lifeline or my chief handicap, I hardly know which.

  • The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidence in themselves and happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they do have and of all the opportunities that come their way.

    "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care". 8th Edition,
  • I began [blogging] because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.

    Source: www.churchleaders.com
  • Each person begins life with a head start in some areas and a handicap in other areas.

    Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2009). “Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money”, p.10, John Wiley & Sons
  • I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming is already there.

  • The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries to make sense of life.

    Hero   Passion   Men  
    Erich Fromm (2013). “The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”, p.28, Open Road Media
  • There's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.

    Fun   Gun   Hunting  
  • He does not see as i have that you have given him your heart, but he is male. We will cut him some slack for that handicap, yes?

    Heart   Cutting   Males  
    Katie Macalister (2008). “Up In Smoke: A Novel of the Silver Dragons”, p.115, Penguin
  • [Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it hard for me to rea. He's here to help me with the big words. Tell me if I'm supposed to push or pull on doors, that kind of thing.

    Dog   Kids   Animal  
    Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1679, Penguin
  • I am an inveterate homemaker, it is at once my pleasure, my recreation, and my handicap. Were I a man, my books would have been written in leisure, protected by a wife and a secretary and various household officials. As it is, being a woman, my work has had to be done between bouts of homemaking.

    Book   Men   Wife  
    Pearl S. Buck (2013). “My Several Worlds: A Personal Record”, p.302, Open Road Media
  • The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

    "How Beer, Oprah and Sergey Brin Can Help Cure Aging". Interview with Steven Leckart, www.wired.com. October 19, 2010.
  • One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.

    Country   Nice   Golf  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • The Japanese eat, sleep, and breathe golf; the only thing they don't do is actually play it, because to get on a course, you have to make a reservation roughly 137 years in advance, which means that by the time you actually get to the first tee you are deceased. Of course, in golf this is not really a handicap.

    Funny   Humorous   Mean  
    Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Does Japan”, p.144, Ballantine Books
  • President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played golf this weekend. Obama’s handicap is Joe Biden.

    Golf   Weekend   House  
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