“We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't think anyone feels comfortable about bumping around where we are today.” ThinkingWayFeelsTodayOpportunityEnvironmentCuttingGrowingComfortCostComfortableProductivity Author:Scott McNealy
“A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him comfortable and working.” MenSpaceRight NowCostComfortableFabulousNuisance Author:James Van Allen
“Freedom will cost you the mask you have on, the mask that feels so comfortable and is so hard to shed off, not because it fits so well but because you have been wearing it so long.” FeelsWellsLongHas BeensHardFitCostComfortableMaskShed Book:Being-in-dreaming Source: Being-in-dreaming
“To build enormous palaces, to conquer or to mimic nature, to ransack the world in order to gratify the passions of a man, is not thought of, but to add a few yards of land to your field, to plant an orchard, or enlarge a dwelling, to always be making life more comfortable and convenient, to avoid trouble, and to satisfy the smallest wants without effort and almost without cost. These are small objects, but the soul clings to them; it dwells upon them closely and day by day, till they at last shut out the rest of the world and sometimes intervene between itself and heaven.” MenWorldWantSoulSometimesLastsOrderPassionHeavenEffortTroubleLandFieldsObjectsCostComfortableAddPlantEnvironmentalEnormousConquerSustainabilitySmallestYardsPalacesConvenientDwellingOrchardSmall Objects Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what they do for a living when you meet someone. A lot of the obvious things, the shortcuts we take in America - in America you can talk about money all you want. You can ask how much they make, rent they pay, how much their house costs and how much their car costs, and they'll feel comfortable telling you. But it's scandalous to ask anyone in England or France a question like that.” WantFeelsCountryAmericaAsksHouseRealizingPayCarCostComfortableEnglandObviousFranceOther CountriesShortcutsScandalousObvious Things Author:David Sedaris
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” LongMotivationalActionLeadershipFreedomLearningRiskTeachingCostComfortableProductivityRangeBossLife And LoveInactionToughnessRisk-taking Author:John F. Kennedy
“Boys are like purses. You're always gonna have that one boy that you're always comfortable with and you know you'll always kind of like. That's your purse that you wear everywhere. Then you have that gorgeous bag that you want everyone to see you with but the gorgeous bag is usually an asshole or costs a lot of money. Then you have those other purses that you really like but you really don't want to be seen with” KnowsWantKindBoysCostComfortableBagsLots Of MoneyGorgeousPurses Author:Lauren Conrad