Uncomfortable Quotes · Page 31

Once you've learned to think you can't stop. And an enormous number of people devote their lives to keeping their minds busy…

— Alan Watts

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

— Jared Diamond

“People don't show who they truly are when they are comfortable. People will show you who they truly are when they are…

— Steven Cuoco

Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable.

— Frank Shamrock

America hasn't been able to grapple with the uncomfortable reality that police brutality is encoded in this country's DNA.

— Jemele Hill

Over time, it's occurred to me that my protagonists all originate in some aspect of myself that I find myself questioning or…

— Julia Glass

Obviously as players we want to play every game. But when you do miss out, I strongly believe the job is to…

— Moeen Ali

When you're a boy your life can be measured out as a series of uncomfortable conversations reluctantly initiated by adults in an…

— Ben Aaronovitch

We like to pretend the core ideas of the faith are more palatable or workable within our modern rationalistic approach to Scripture…

— Michael S. Heiser

I've talked about tall poppy syndrome when I see people. I used to be like, 'Why am I feeling this way? What…

— Israel Adesanya

Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we…

— Crispin Blunt

Emotional Literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling, so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension…

— Susie Orbach

I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand…

— David Duchovny

I really think 'Spring Awakening' is unlike any other show. At the end of the day, I hope people are moved by…

— Jake Epstein

I'd rather stay home and watch the tube than go out and make myself into a spectacle. I'm not uncomfortable with a…

— George Harrison

Everything about your life, about your body, grows! Your cells regenerate; your hair, your nails, everything grows for your entire life. And…

— Mel Robbins

I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather…

— Rachel Hurd-Wood

I think everybody has experiences from time to time they can't explain. They are peculiarities. Usually we just dismiss them because they…

— Stephen King

I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or…

— Andrew Solomon

There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly…

— Claire Danes

Throughout my teenage years or whatever, I've been so uncomfortable, or I've made mistakes and I've felt like I'm the only one…

— Gabriella Wilson

If you're a professional, you'll make it work. You can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do…

— Mike Tyson

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game…

— Conor McGregor

I don't want anything to disrupt my routine or make people uncomfortable in meetings during the NCAA Tournament or leading up to…

— Jim Nantz

I've always done music to push people to get them to get uncomfortable in their seat so they could wrestle with things.…

— LeCrae

I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was…

— Adam West

For a much lauded writer, I'm not terribly self-absorbed. In social situations, which are difficult for me - I mean, this is…

— James Ellroy

It's uncomfortable for me, but at least they're bouquets. They're not bricks or tomatoes yet, although it's gonna feel nice to get…

— John Fullbright

I've become a voice for young women who are growing up and uncomfortable being vulnerable, uncomfortable with changes, heartbreak - and becoming…

— Gabriella Wilson

Venting every feeling isn't mature. Learning to deal with uncomfortable and unpleasant feelings is an important aspect of maturity.

— Laura Schlessinger

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be…

— Buck Owens

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel…

— Brené Brown

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my…

— Brian Eno

Early on, I really liked the idea of being confrontational. I loved the idea of making songs that made people really uncomfortable.

— Lou Barlow

I've found that the only way to make theatre that gets the audience thinking is when I feel uncomfortable making it.

— Young Jean Lee

Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable…

— Patrick Stewart

The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other…

— Joyce Carol Oates

If you look at the horror genre, that work is all about making people uncomfortable by stimulating our fear of death.

— Ottessa Moshfegh

The intrusion of history is not just theoretical. It is also the legacy of being an accomplice or a victim, or just…

— Charles S. Maier