Americans ... attach such a fantastic importance to their baths and plumbing and gadgets of all sorts. They talk as if people… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
I think it's often assumed that the role of poetry is to comfort, but for me, poetry is the great unsettler. It… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
For me, love is the feeling of being at home no matter where on earth you are. It's a comfort that silences… — Melanie Iglesias Copy Share Image
“Oh yes", said the old woman, "but I've heard these so-called stoves are by no means all they are supposed to be.… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway… — Tom Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
Have a policy of pre-emptive forgiveness. Refuse to get offended by petty things. Make a decision early on to cut the other… — Gaelen Foley Copy Share Image
It was a source of both terror and comfort to me then that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Our children, Edward, Agnes, and little Mary, promise well; their education, for the time being, is chiefly committed to me; and they… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
THE SECRET TO GETTING AHEAD... Sometimes it's easy to get complacent in our lives and sometimes we get comfortable being…well, comfortable. Comfort… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From online local care portals to greater use of personal budgets we need wholesale change if we are to move the social… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
After I got hurt, animals to me were a great comfort, because I went through a very long, dismal period where I… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
Without religion, man is an atheist, woman is a monster. As daughter, sister, wife and mother, she holds in her hands, under… — Henry Benjamin Whipple Copy Share Image
No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
When you have kids it's nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I think when you're really passionate about something, and maybe not every person is like this, but I think there's a large… — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image
Motherhood takes vanity completely out of the picture. Comfort is the key. When you are coming out of a plane after a… — Lara Dutta Copy Share Image
If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us,… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, as the season goes on, everybody becomes more comfortable. For a quarterback, it's more than just him. It's… — Kirk Ferentz Copy Share Image
If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't let fear or frustration - or the fact that others around you seem to be all set - immobilize you. But… — Meredith Vieira Copy Share Image
We like to be on autopilot and know what lies ahead. But sometimes it's good to get out of your comfort zone… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake… — Stanley Greenspan Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people out there who will write books, in which everything turns out nicely and the bad guys… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
We've become a little spoiled with menswear in particular because, of course, we've come off a period in the '70s and '80s… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. "Book love," Trollope called it. "It will make your hours… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Stretch it as thin as the temple flesh of an ailing woman… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
Everything is Flammable was the first full-length book I was able to finish. I started a couple others, but ran out of… — Gabrielle Bell Copy Share Image
The first day's always the hardest, because it moves so much faster than a film does and once you get into that… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Plate tectonics is not all havoc and destruction. The slow movement of continents and ocean floors recycles carbon dioxide dissolved in the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
We talk of lost ideals, but perhaps they are not lost, only changed; when our ideal for ourselves and for our children… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
“It is uncomfortable to keep your dreams in a house just behind a public toilet; your dreams will surely attract bad odours… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
The left's mission isn't simply to grant every citizen the basic means of survival, but comfort and prosperity, too, through collective means.… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image