“At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone wants so much, much more than they can stomach, but the appetite doesn't converse much with the stomach. Everyone is hungry and not only for food - for comfort and love and excitement and the opposite of being alone. Almost everything awful anyone does is to get those things and keep them.” WantDoePhilosophyComfortOppositesAnd LoveBottomHungryAwfulExcitementDesperateStomachAppetiteStarvingConversesVery True Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“Why is there happiness and comfort and excitement where you are and no where else in the world.” WorldComfortExcitementWhere You Are Author:Zelda Fitzgerald
“My wife and I have been together for many years and that, to me, is like endlessly fascinating and endlessly confusing how to sustain all of the excitement from the front of our relationship, valuing that versus the comfort and knowing that she knows all of my flaws and still loves me. It's great, but certainly not as exciting as it was day one.” KnowsYearsHas BeensStillsTogetherKnowingWifeFrontsComfortExcitingMy WifeExcitementFascinatingFlawsOur RelationshipVersusConfusing Author:Mark Duplass
“Excitement and reward exist only outside your comfort zone. You'll experience neither of them until you make yourself do something you really don't want to do. So what is it that scares the hell out of you?” WantHellComfortRewardsExcitementZoneScareComfort Zone Author:Roy H. Williams
“Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.” FeelsFirstsDifferentBusinessComfortMetsDiscoveryDepthBrandsExcitementMatureReplacedSpouse Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible.” MadePassionWonderfulImpossibleHabitComfortSurpriseExcitementFamiliarityPredictability Book:The Best Of Me Source: The Best Of Me