Uneasy Quotes

147 quotes by 132 authors

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention. — Sade Adu
Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly. — Paul Haggis
The high arts of literature and music stand in a curious relationship to one another, at once securely comfortable and deeply uneasy - rather like… — Will Self
Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where… — Mark Haddon
Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented. — A. E. Hotchner
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her… — C.S. Lewis
It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would be always beating… — Samuel Johnson
We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the complexity of human… — Northrop Frye
Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the… — Adam Gopnik
To me, falling in love is the first step in losing my confidence. If I'm in love with somebody, I think that obviously he must… — Joan Juliet Buck
People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the… — Andy Rooney
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. — Alexander Pope
One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me. — Anatole France
Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he… — Amy Grant
The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. — Germaine Greer
My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough. — Noel Coward
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency… — George Eliot
Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him… — Samuel Johnson
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best. — Jessica Savitch
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — William Shakespeare

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