Uncomfortable Quotes

765 Uncomfortable quotes by 667 unique authors

I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of… — Amanda Palmer
A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she… — Judy Blume
Led Zeppelin didn't get that kind of Beatles screaming. We had a more sort of macho crowd. But I remember once in the early days… — Jimmy Page
Until we as a gender refuse to wear any shoe that would be uncomfortable to walk a mile in, we’re perfectly screwed. — Cheryl Strayed
I found, and find, the scrutiny of Dr. Lecter uncomfortable, intrusive, like the humming of your thoughts when they x-ray your head. — Thomas Harris
Bourgeois society, rife with an atomism or monadism of secluded egos, is profoundly uncomfortable with topics of domination just because of the rift between how… — Kenny Smith
Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable… — Sarah Lewis
When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable. — Joseph Altuzarra
So long as we use comfort and security as our criteria of success, we will fear our own intuitive guidance because by its very nature… — Caroline Myss
Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me. — Gore Verbinski
I've always been paranoid about the police, because even when I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm thinking about doing something illegal. So, whenever I'm around… — Marilyn Manson
Commitment is mental determination to accept only EXCELLENCE no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or stressful. — Richard Tyler
I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral… — W. Somerset Maugham
Much is missed if we have eyes only for the bright colors. Nature should be viewed without distinction... She makes no choice herself; everything that… — Eliot Porter
The habits of liberals, their automatic language, their knee-jerk responses to certain issues, deserved the epithets the right wing stuck them with. I'd see how… — George Carlin
That 'change makes us uncomfortable' is now one of the most widely promoted, widely accepted, and under-considered half-truths around. [I]t is not change by itself… — Robert Kegan
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about… — H. L. Mencken
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten; when the belt fits, the belly is forgotten; when the heart is right, "for" and "against" are… — Zhuangzi
I still feel like a novice when it comes to classical theater, but I don't ever want to become comfortable with anything. The greatest creativity… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against… — Gloria Steinem
But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from… — Colin Powell
Change requires leaving our comfort zones and plunging headfirst into uncomfortable situations. It's true this causes some pain and discomfort for a moment, but it's… — Yehuda Berg
Best behavior means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior. — Lin Yutang
I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it… — Barbra Streisand
I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid. — Pete Sampras

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