Cushion Quotes

66 Cushion quotes by 60 unique authors

I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror. — Lynne Truss
The short-term international capital market is shrunken and erratic, and cannot be relied upon to cushion the effects of tendencies to disequilibrium in the balance… — Gunnar Myrdal
It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations… — Evan Davis
The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'. — Frank Zappa
The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with 'move down' buyers… — David I. Rozenberg
But in the end, we learn we can forgive most people. The cushion of mortality makes their wrongdoing seem less dark, and whatever roads they… — Walter Dean Myers
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in… — William Makepeace Thackeray
The value of solitude - one of its values - is, of course, that there is nothing to cushion against attacks from within, just as… — May Sarton
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. — Norman Vincent Peale
Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb… — Ann Coulter
When I was 21 years old, I had a job playing Santa Claus in a shopping centre in Sacramento. I was rail thin, so it's… — Tom Hanks
As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time… — Harvey Mackay
Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment… — Suze Orman
I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor… — Marlo Thomas
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. — Henry David Thoreau
We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's… — Dave Eggers
Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion. — Ellen Kushner
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to… — Gretchen Rubin
What are you? (Danger) Well, had you listened before you stabbed me, you would have heard the ‘I’m Acheron’s Squire’ part. Apparently that somehow escaped… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion… — Shonda Rhimes
Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world… — Neal Shusterman
A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one slender arm cradling… — L.A. Weatherly
The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow. — Jodi Picoult
While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything… — Shunryu Suzuki

Who Wrote These Cushion Quotes

60 authors contributed a total of 66 Cushion Quotes, led by these top contributors: