Cushion Quotes

66 quotes by 62 authors

To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite. — Alexander Pope
As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible, his punctuality at… — Thomas Huxley
We have taught our people to use prayer too much as a means of comfort - not in the original and heroic sense of uplifting,… — Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not… — George Stephanopoulos
It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You… — Emma Stone
I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. Im a financial success! — Joanna Kerns
Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. — Ernest K. Gann
In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. — Jack Kornfield
Speed is the cushion of sloppiness. — William P. Driscoll
Sitting peacefully on a cushion day and night seeking to attain Buddhahood, rejecting life and death in hopes of realizing enlightenment, is all like a… — Shoitsu Omatsu
Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat. — Wally Lamb
On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane… — Sam Ewing
Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Successful people save in prosperous times so they have a financial cushion in times of recession. — Brian Tracy
President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that… — Maureen Dowd
Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it. — Mason Cooley
There's nothing more I love than McDonald's dollar menu. With just the change I find between my couch cushions, I can eat something with the… — Stephen Colbert
When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. We create the compassionate space that allows for the arising… — Jack Kornfield
The Ripe FigNow that You live here in my chest,anywhere we sit is a mountaintop.And those other images,which have enchanted peoplelike porcelain dolls from China,which… — Rumi
I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely time-consuming. Film projects… — Donald Margulies

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