Sentences with phrase «only crutch»

Not only did he land the third lead role and got the chance to act alongside Cage, Poulter stole the movie with his hauntingly realistic portrayal of a down in life man with addiction as his only crutch.

The phone is only a crutch — something that business requires in situations where real communication on a face - to - face level can not occur.

God is only a crutch for the weak A person can say I will take control of my weakness.

It is only a crutch that does not take the place of walking.

The only crutch they needed was the one to walk out of prison for preaching love, after being shackled and beaten.

Only her crutches.

Not exact matches

Don't think in EF terms, it will only give you a mental crutch!

I agree with L.Nielsen's sentiment that you are «almost there» — close to realising that this is the only life you have and that all your effort should be directed at living it well for it's own sake, close to realising that you are strong enough as an individual to face the world without the psychological crutch you call god, close to realising that you are a good human being in your own right, close to realising that your own successes, failures, loves and fears are yours and yours alone, not attibutable to an imaginary creator.

He also subscribes to the «religion is the opiate of the masses» philosophy and believes only the weak and those of limited intellectual capacity need the «crutch» of religion to explain that which they can not understand.

This idea that people who believe in God only use it as a crutch is a foolish reason to be an atheist.

What happens when your life ends and the only real crutch to lean on turns out to be the one you hate, make fun of, mock and reject.

These kinds of people will often say things like, «It's just a bunch of fables» or «It's only for the naive and people looking for a crutch».

Fighting against the emotional crutches that people cling to will probably only make them cling harder.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane might have suffered a similar fate, in Elliot's opinion, for a challenge on Florian Lejeune which left the defender on crutches but cost him only a yellow card.

But of all the crutches divorced people rely on, booze may be No. 1 — not only as a way to cope but because so much post-divorce socializing and dating happens over drinks, and not just Starbucks.

And when they say, «Yes, that's all» I say, «Then we only have one crutch to undo.»

Unfortunately, parents should avoid giving children this type of «sleep crutch» as it will only prolong the child's inability to sleep independently.

«We noted that not only did the mudskippers use their limbs to propel themselves in a kind of crutching motion on sand and sandy slopes, but that when the going got tough, they used their tails in concert with limb propulsion to ascend a slope.

And it» funny though «cause he called me out, and he's like, «Evan, you're just using that as a crutch so that you can work five days a week when you should only be working three days a week, you know.»

Realize that using exercise as a mental crutch can only proved a short - lived benefit.

When you're caught in the ongoing cycle of emotional eating, binge eating, dieting, self - sabotage, negative self - talk, body hate, self - hate, shame, yo - yo dieting, and on top of this when food is your crutch, meaning that food is the unhealthy coping mechanism you use to attempt to deal with your life, then does it make sense that the inability to «stick with it» each Monday and the inability to stop overeating only serves to keep lowering your self - worth?

When you're caught in the ongoing cycle of emotional eating, binge eating, dieting, self - sabotage, yo - yo dieting, and on top of this when food is your crutch, it's your (unhealthy) coping mechanism in life, then when you take that food away and replace it with only healthy, high - octane fuel for your body, then all of those emotions you'd been trying to stuff down with food come roaring back to the surface.

Reduced Anxiety — Alcohol is a proven depressant and only covers up the effects of anxiety... a crutch that's gone in the morning.

I'll be taking it even easier than I have been, hobbling around with my boot and crutches (I only use them when I leave the house!)

your photos on crutches, with only one shoe and your gorgeous outfits are absolutely beautiful thank you for all the girls who like me, want to stay in those moments pretty I hope you will post in other Thank you Virginia

Also, meeting people only in a virtual environment — which is something herpes dating sites give you the opportunity to do — can become a crutch sometimes.

Not helping is dialogue composed of the sort of shorthand catchphrase idioglossia meant to imply years of familiarity but only succeeding in making one pine for the days when Kasdan was penning (he shares a screenwriting credit here with Goldman) strong, character - driven genre pieces (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Body Heat, Silverado) without narrative crutches and meandering shortcuts.

The problem with Bad Santa is that it uses vulgarity as a crutch to inject humor where there really isn't any, gasping for precious air like a fish out of water, needing something to keep its feeble self alive, and only doing so by spewing out more of the same.

It's obvious from the first episode that «Falling Skies» is working with a limited budget, but while the special effects are only slightly better than your average SyFy made - for - TV movie, they're never a crutch to the series.

The only interruption of the otherwise informal festivities marked by imbibing of freely flowing wine and champagne arrived mid-evening when Russell took a moment to introduce Soledad (still on crutches recovering from a knee injury suffered while horseback riding), who in turn credited Rose and others who had helped turn the project into a success.

He needed both crutches at first, and placed them carefully so as not to slip and make a further ass of himself, though there was only Sarah to see.

But I actually think the trackpad is a kind of crutch anyway, due to the fact that you need to remember to press the cursor key once only, just like a screen gesture — switching between a cursor pad on my Windows notebook and my Android tablet would drive me slowly insane, or at least my fingers will eventually shut down in epileptic fits.

BUT, you should understand that there is ZERO emotion involved with demo trading, and so it can only take you so far and should not be used as a crutch.

Their only hope is to dig deep and make a very addictive game that doesn't use online as a crutch.

«The only thing I am reasonably sure of is that there will be no progress in understanding (spatio - temporal chaos theory) be it via chaos or not as long as people will insist on the crutches of functions / series that are only time dependent.»

When I finally could go outside my house I could only walk about an inch or so at a time while standing on crutches... my entire left leg was stiff as a board and I had tremendous pain in my knee with each step.

Naomi, 42, has been using a wheelchair and crutches to get around following the attack, which happened over a month ago but was only revealed late last week.