“Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Do not talk to him about the interests and rights of the human race; that little private business of his for the moment absorbs all his thoughts, and he hopes that public disturbances can be put off to some other time.” HumansLittlesMomentsIndividualInterestRaceRightsPlansPeriodsComfortIncreaseSelfishnessHuman RaceDisturbance Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“If there be any man who thinks the ruin of a race of men a small matter, compared with the last decoration and completions of hisown comfort,--who would not so much as part with his ice- cream, to save them from rapine and manacles, I think I must not hesitate to satisfy that man that also his cream and vanilla are safer and cheaper by placing the negro nation on a fair footing than by robbing them.” IfsThinkingMenMatterLastsNationsRaceComfortFairsSlaveryIceRuinsCreamIce CreamCheaperCompletionDecorationRobbingVanilla Book:The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The day when we shall know exactly what electricity is will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded in the history of the human race. The time will come when the comfort, the very existence, perhaps, of man will depend upon that wonderful agent.” KnowsMenHumansImportantRaceExistenceGreaterWonderfulEventsDependsComfortAgentsHuman RaceElectricityChronicles Book:On Light and Other High Frequency Source: On Light and Other High Frequency
“It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.” PeoplePlayRaceClassComfortPrejudicePlentyEase Author:Gordon Allport
“They said, OK, nine [Louis] Brandeis's is too much, but one is OK. So, with friends like that, and so forth. But, yes, the idea that because he was Jewish he would rule a particular way was an ugly undercurrent of the hearings, which resonates with current claims that a judge can't be impartial because of his or her background or ethnicity or race. It's, I guess, a small comfort that in the end the Brandeis vote wasn't close.” WaySaidIdeasEndsRaceToo MuchParticularJudgingComfortVoteClaimsCurrentsUglyHearingNineBackgroundsThey SaidEthnicityLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Just for a while": Death's opening chat-up line in His great seduction, before he drugged you with soporific comforts, distracted you with minor luxuries and ensnared you with long-term payment plans. Join the Rat Race "just for a while." Concentrate on your career "just for a while." Move in with your girlfriend "just for a while." Find a bigger place, out in the burbs "just for a while." Lie down in that wooden box "just for a while.” LongMovingLyingTermLinesRaceCareersPlansComfortBiggerBoxesOpeningLuxuryLong TermGirlfriendMinorsRatsSeductionDistractedPaymentRat RaceYour Girlfriend Author:Christopher Brookmyre
“Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.” ChildrenLongMotherSufferingRaceMomBecomingComfortMotherhoodFrightenedAbandonedCreedsWoundedMothers DayBeing A MomBeing A MotherMotheringHappy Mothers DayDesolateMother And ChildInspirational MothersMother ProverbsInspirational MotherhoodMother ChildMother CareMom And ChildBecoming A Mother Author:Charlotte Gray
“I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.” PeopleHumansEndsHappensTogetherWinningLinesRaceComfortLessonsOffersDignityAgingWeatherBotherHuman RaceParts Of LifeIndignity Author:Diane Lane