“The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared.” HouseAnimalComfortOrdinaryCatExtrasGregarious Author:Francis Galton
“The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is someone outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; some one strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention, moving independent of the ordinary currents of human action.” MenWorldFeelsHumansLooksMayHomeActionMovingCertainComfortFameOrdinaryIndependentIndependenceCurrentsSpreadVainAweConventionsIndifferentApprehensionHuman ActionsJurisdictionUntamed Book:Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches Source: Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches
“There aren't enough professionals to solve the world's problems. There will never be enough doctors to solve the health problems of the world. There will never be enough teachers to solve the education problems of the world - illiteracy. There will never be enough missionaries to care and comfort and share the Good News. It has to be done by normal, ordinary people.” PeopleWorldDoneEnoughProblemCareTeacherShareComfortNormalNewsOrdinaryDoctorsSolveGood NewsOrdinary PeopleIlliteracyHealth Problems Author:Rick Warren
“Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.” DoeHomeRealityComfortOrdinaryExtraordinaryRealismStay At Home Author:Mason Cooley
“I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of good news and love and comfort and hope across through people like us, ordinary people, or extraordinary people like Bono.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHappensComfortMessagesNewsOrdinaryAnd LoveExtraordinaryThings HappenBad ThingsGood NewsOrdinary PeopleBad Things HappenInterveningComfort And Hope Author:Philip Yancey
“A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns for comfort to its mother; nor an adult who turns to his fellow "for company." Those, whether children or adults, who do so least are not usually the most selfless.” ChildrenMotherTurnsCompanyComfortDemandOrdinaryAdultsFellowsAffectionSelfishHorribleSelflessOrdinary LifeHorrible Things Book:The Four Loves Source: The Four Loves
“The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.” NeedsDesireAnswersSituationFailingComfortOrdinaryDignityStrongerOrdinary LifeMedian Book:Status Anxiety Source: Status Anxiety