Uncomfortable Quotes

765 Uncomfortable quotes by 667 unique authors

I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I… — Ricky Williams
Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We… — Muhammad Yunus
The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to… — Geoff Mulgan
The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the… — Walter Mosley
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life. — Anne Lamott
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or… — Charles Dickens
Delaying a meal brings about symptoms most people call "hunger." These symptoms include abdominal cramping, weakness, and feeling ill-the same as during drug withdrawal. This… — Joel Fuhrman
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But… — Anne Lamott
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only… — M. Scott Peck
The worst of sleeping out of doors is that you wake up so dreadfully early. And when you wake up you have to get up… — C.S. Lewis
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place… — Carl Sagan
I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child. — Joseph Campbell
Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I think not. Don't… — Donita K. Paul
I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable. — Michelle Obama
He's lost something, some illusion I used to think was necessary to him. He's come to realize he too is human. Or is this a… — Margaret Atwood
Mostly, I could tell, I made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me. I felt the… — Albert Camus
I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says. Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him… — Lorrie Moore
Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot… — Frantz Fanon
Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it. — Germaine Greer
Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but… — Stephen King
I like to change liquor stores frequently because the clerks got to know your habits if you went in night and day and bought huge… — Charles Bukowski
I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' I should think so… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I argued that physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. Then you fasten on to whatever thing is uncomfortable and call that… — Robert M. Pirsig
You look wonderful", Jason said. "No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie." "Then by all means take it off. — Laurell K. Hamilton
She sat down on one of her grandmother's uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and made itself comfortable. The light that… — Neil Gaiman

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