“So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this night, that if, during the almost forty years that I have had the honour of a seat in parliament, I had been so fortunate as to accomplish that, and that only, I should think I had done enough, and could retire from public life with comfort, and the conscious satisfaction, that I had done my duty.” IfsThinkingShouldYearsDoneEnoughNightObjectsDutyComfortConsciousImportanceSatisfactionAccomplishFortunateSeatsFortyHonourRetiringImpressedParliamentPublic Life Book:The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons Source: The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons
“The great make its feel, first of all, the indifference of circumstances. They call into activity the higher perceptions, and subdue the low habits of comfort and luxury; but the higher perceptions find their objects everywhere; only the low habits need palaces and banquets.” NeedsFeelsFirstsObjectsGreatnessHabitHigherCircumstancesComfortActivityPerceptionLowsLuxuryIndifferencePalacesBanquets Book:Society and solitude Source: Society and solitude
“Let me say that for comfort, there is no thought more full of sweetness than that of an eternal God engaged in Christ Jesus to His people; to love, and bless, and save them all. One Who has made them the distinguished objects of His discriminating regard from all eternity, it is the eternal God.” PeopleMadeJesusChristObjectsComfortEternalLet MeEternityRegardEngagedBlessSweetnessDistinguished Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I had gone into the hospital with the stupid notion that its primary object was the care and comfort of the sick and wounded. It was long after that I learned that a vast majority of all benevolent institutions are gotten up to gratify the aesthetic tastes of the public; exhibit the wealth and generosity of the founders, and furnish places for officers. The beneficiaries of the institutions are simply an apology for their existence, and having furnished that apology, the less said about them the better.” LongSaidCareWealthExistenceGoneStupidObjectsComfortTasteSickInstitutionsMajorityNotionPrimariesGenerosityHospitalsOfficersAestheticApologyFoundersWoundedPhilanthropyExhibitsBenevolentBeneficiaries Author:Jane Swisshelm
“So if hunger provokes wailing and wailing brings the breast; if the breast permits sucking and milk suggests its swallow; if swallowing issues in sleep and stomachy comfort, then need, ache, message, object, act, and satisfaction are soon associated like charms on a chain; shortly our wants begin to envision the things which well reduce them, and the organism is finally said to wish.” IfsWantNeedsWellsSaidDesireWishSleepIssuesObjectsComfortMessagesHungerSatisfactionChainsCharmBreastsPermitMilkProvokingOrganismsAcheInfancySwallowingWailing Author:William H. Gass
“The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging.” ObjectsBearsComfortAdultsPhonesCellsBelongingCell PhoneTeddyToddlerTeddy Bear Author:Margaret Heffernan