Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying… — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collective message because fear is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And as he reached for William's leg, the way a small child will reach for its mother's, there welled up through a… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
“The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty... not to reassure him, but to upset him.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“. . . at this season, the blossom is out in full now, there in the west early. It's a plum tree,… — Dennis Potter Copy Share Image
“George put his hand on top of Beatrice's and felt the warmth of both the woman and her hound pulsing through his… — Mette Ivie Harrison Copy Share Image
When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury,… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won't occur, you inadvertently reinforce… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“The point of diversity workshops, or multicultural talks, was not to inspire any real change but to leave people feeling good about… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough… — Rahul Dravid Copy Share Image
Our conscious motivations, ideas, and beliefs are a blend of false information, biases, irrational passions, rationalizations, prejudices, in which morsels of truth… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
I've only had a sit-down encounter with Robert once, and that one conversation was the best advice that I have gotten from… — K.Michelle Copy Share Image
Living with doubt ... is almost always more profitable than living with certainty. People don't like doubt, so they pay money and… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort. — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thing about religious truths is that we have to take them on faith, and faith needs reassurance. What’s more reassuring than… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image