Comfortable Quotes - Page 33

• Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.

  Jonathan Coe

  Labels, Feels, Accurate

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• I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.

  Trevor Dunn

  Way, Satisfied, Feels

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• I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.

  Patrick Dempsey

  Racing, Bike

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• I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.

  Ava DuVernay

  Thinking, Needs, Folks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.

  Warwick Davis

  Self, Anxiety, Size

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• Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.

  Waris Dirie

  Believe, Style, Personal Style

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• I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.

  Tim DeKay

  Nice, Years, Anxiety

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• I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

  John Corbett

  Reading, Tunnels, Years

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• The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

  Eric Cantor

  Party, Differences, Issues

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• With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would give a comfortable living and sufficient leisure, in order to sacrifice to my gods [mathematical research]. For example, I hope to get the editting of the census, the birth and death lists in local districts, not as a job, but for my pleasure and satisfaction.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Loyalty, Jobs, Science

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• I am absolutely sick unto death of hearing people say - they all say this; it must be Item One on the curriculum in Trend College - "I just hate to talk to a machine!" They say this as though it is a major philosophical position, as opposed to a description of a minor neurosis. My feeling is, if you have a problem like this, you shouldn't go around trumpeting it; you should stay home and practice talking to a machine you can feel comfortable with, such as your Water Pik, until you are ready to assume your place in modern society.

  Dave Barry

  Hate, Philosophical, Humorous

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• My family and I took visits to each and every school and listened to each coaching staff. I felt the most comfortable with and really excited about playing at SC. Being close to home in one of the best offensive systems is paying off now as I'm making the jump to the pros.

  Mark Sanchez

  Home, School, Coaching

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• I feel comfortable here primarily because I think Los Angeles is made up of people who don't come from here, so you can find kindred spirits very easily. It's a town of gypsies.

  Matthew Rhys

  Thinking, People, Towns

  "Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters". Interview with Neil Midgley, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 21, 2010.

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• If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Acting, Way, Feels

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• Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they're as uncomfortable as I am.

  Charles Frazier

  Giving, Phases, Littles

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• I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.

  Frida Giannini

  Jobs, Mistake, People

  "The story of Gucci" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2011.

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• We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Thinking, Views, Talking

  "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.

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• I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.

  Jennifer Garner

  Sleep, Choices, Ears

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• As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or says no to something you're suggesting, then it's very clear that they're putting the onus on you, because they're not comfortable with it themselves.

  Johnny Galecki

  Two, Actors, Clear

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 24, 2010.

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• I went from a guy, kind of a working actor, a supporting player, to magazine covers and being offered the studio pictures really quickly. Nobody was comfortable with it. I wasn't really comfortable with it.

  David Caruso

  Player, Guy, Comfort

  "AGENT ORANGE: David Caruso on SESSION 9". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 23, 2001.

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• But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.

  Max Cannon

  Causes, Action, Should

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• As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets.

  Fred Frith

  Thinking, Trios, Quartets

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• I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

  John Fogerty

  Song, Equipment, Old Song

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• You should be comfortable eating by yourself or in public.

  Shenae Grimes

  Eating, Should

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• Like most people, I've grown a lot more sophisticated in my style choices. I know myself and what suits me better now than I did when I was much younger and feel more comfortable in my own skin.

  Nina Garcia

  People, Choices, Style

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