Milt Gross famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I've lost balls in every hazard and on every course I've tried. But when I lose a ball in the ball washer, it's time to take stock.
-- Milt Gross

#Golf #Balls #Hazards
Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and fools out of everybody.
-- Milt Gross

#Liars #Golf #Men
The most advanced medical brains in the universe have yet to discover a way for a man to relax himself, and looking at a golf ball is not the cure.
-- Milt Gross

#Golf #Men #Brain

Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking at sandpits or tussocks of grass, and muttering in a blind, ungovernable fury elaborate maledictions which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behavior not otherwise excusable.
The best stroked putt in a lifetime does not bring the aesthetic satisfaction of a perfectly hit wood or iron shot. There is nothing to match the whoosh and soar, the almost magical flight of a beautifully hit drive or 5-iron.
I've come to realize that I perform best when I'm letting my subconscious mind hit the ball and my conscious mind is otherwise occupied.
I hit the ball early and move my wrist a lot, so I get bigger angles.
It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth.
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.
Natural hazards, however formidable, are inherently less dangerous and less uncertain than fighting hazards. All conditions are more calculable, all obstacles more surmountable than those of human resistance.
Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.
When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

Milt Gross famous quotes

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