“He described the experience as being 'a little bit less fun, perhaps, than chain-smoking for ninety minutes while handcuffed to a dowager… — Adam Levin Copy Share Image
I violated, apparently, an unspoken rule that we are supposed to take care of our own. Frankly, if that invites discomfort, I… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that my work is about mocking or making fun of things, but a lot of it is… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
The system is very well regulated in L.A. It's designed to disconnect you from whatever your idea of yourself is. If you're… — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action. — William Blum Copy Share Image
Pain and illness, the deaths of those one loves, and discomforts and disappointments mar the happy norm, but they do not alter… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think we always view people who make us feel uncomfortable and appear to intrude on our middle-class cozy space, we view… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Our chronic discomfort with ambiguity - which, ironically, is critical to both our creativity and the richness of our lives - leads… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
Every mind has its particular standard of good and bad, and of right and wrong. This standard is made by what one… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore,… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Obviously there's no way around discomfort, which is tucked into too many places in our lives. But it is possible to move… — Angelina Love Copy Share Image
Also, I'm drawn to moments of ambiguity, when things could go right or they could go wrong. I'm interested in discomfort. Discomfort… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise… — Ronald Goldman Copy Share Image
A genius is someone who can tolerate the discomfort of uncertainty while generating as many ideas as possible. — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
It was so fascinating to be a part of this, because as the women took on these central roles that had all… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“the weekly thirty minutes of sexual stress was a chronic but low-grade discomfort, like the humidity in Florida” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
