The gain isn't counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure,… — Alice James Copy Share Image
For years I felt that being respectable meant maintaining a sinister complacency, and the disreputable freedom I sought helped make me a… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we're born in,… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
“Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When you stop being nervous is when you should retire. I'm always a little nervous for anything I do because when complacency… — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
The hour when you say, "What does my happiness matter? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency. Yet my happiness… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“When you're used to having nothing, nothing becomes your everything, and you never really want for anything. But it's a double-edged sword,… — Isaac Hooke Copy Share Image
So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I think there's a tremendous sense of complacency in the LGBT community. AIDS has lost the edge of horror it possessed when… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“Finding ways to appreciate advances without embracing complacency is a delicate task. It involves being hopeful and motivated and keeping eyes on… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“We've always done it this way" is invalid when that way hasn't led to more life, greater growth, or maximum efficiency. Take… — Aaron W. Matthews Copy Share Image
I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really like working in genre because people come into the films with certain expectations.… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
Often we hate in others the thing which we fear in ourselves; or we hate because the other person raises to our… — Frances G. Wickes Copy Share Image
“In this snug, over-safe corner of the world… we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of things, but… — George will Copy Share Image
“We must all know that each mediocrity, each surrender, each act of complacency will harm us as much as the enemy's rifles.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
As the first thanks Boston for Raisin' me, thoughts clear with a splash of complacency, sammy Adams the prey of the agencies. — Sammy Adams Copy Share Image
“Complacency is a sword of two edges. One edge kills hard earned successes while the other end stops future glories. Complacency is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The joy of making a genre film is that you have audiences in that place, and it's a perfect place to start… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
“To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single, small improvement: to throw away the happiness… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“If you don't learn to be happy with your present, you will never be happy with your future which would be your… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious… — Joseph Grew Copy Share Image
Somehow, AI is playing an important role of breaking up the ice of complacency. We have a comfortable life, we just don't… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Theory and practice are not only interwoven with one’s culture but with the responsibility of shaping the environment, of breaking up social… — Samuel Mockbee Copy Share Image
Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Until you press the switch button of the light in your room on, you shall always have light in your room and… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Sure, investors do tend to overreact, but they are investing real money based on doubtful information. Complacency or a wrong move sees… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our… — Mark Foley Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The point of the spiritual revolution is not to become a good Buddhist, but to become a wise and compassionate human being,… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
WWE has no issues with my stand-up. I do not miss work for any reason and will continue to work around my… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of… — E. Digby Baltzell Copy Share Image
People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I love the horror genre. I consider myself a genre filmmaker. I love genre, but I think there's a certain amount of… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
