“That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.” KnowsTryingBigsLinesKnow HowComfortPreparedDepthHopefullyZoneComfort Zone Author:Al Yankovic
“Our most meaningful relationships are based on a longing for expansion rather than a preoccupation with comfort and security. To live exuberantly-to fully know and be fully known by another-we must be prepared to illuminate the dark spots in our most intimate relationships and in our selves.” KnowsSelfDarkKnownSecurityComfortLongingPreparedMeaningfulSpotsIntimateExpansionBe PreparedPreoccupationIntimate RelationshipsMost MeaningfulMeaningful Relationship Author:Arianna Huffington
“Many people who say they're looking for love are merely looking for superficial comfort. They're not looking yet for the true romantic adventure. For that entails a readiness to die to who we were, in order to be born again prepared for love, truly worthy of the romantic heights.” PeopleOrderDiesBornAdventureComfortPreparedWorthyHeightSuperficialReadinessBorn AgainLooking For Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.” IfsFactsYoungDiesSimpleSecurityExpressionComfortPrejudicePreparedMalesIdiotPreservesHeroismEldersShortageScarcity Author:Iain Banks
“And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It doesn't really matter. So, why are we practicing? She thought for a minute. Because it gives comfort, she said. People like to think that if they're prepared then nothing bad can really happen. And perhaps we practice because we feel as if there's nothing else we can do because sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingFeelsDoeSaidSometimesMatterHandsHappensLife IsCan DoPracticeMinutesComfortFortunePreparedDesksArrowsOutrageousBakersSlings And Arrows Book:The Wednesday Wars Source: The Wednesday Wars