“I'm familiar to people. They feel comfortable with me. I started in live television. I perform live all the time. I sing with the piano. I sing with a symphony. I can sit and ask questions. I can listen. I'm very comfortable in most situations.” PeopleFeelsI CanAsksSituationTelevisionComfortComfortableFamiliarPianoSymphonyLive Television Author:Florence Henderson
“It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.” IfsShowsWatchesEconomicTelevisionAmountComfortBenefitsComfortableMake SenseRetirementPenniesPublic ServiceExtravagant Author:Mills Lane
“Here's an idea: eat like an adult. Stop eating fast food, stop eating kid's cereal, knock it off with all the sweets and comfort foods, and ease up on the snacking. And don't act like you don't know this: eat more vegetables and fruits. Really, how difficult is this? Stop with the whining. Stop with the excuses. Act like an adult and stop eating like a television commercial. Grow up.” KnowsIdeasKidsGrowsDifficultGrowing UpTelevisionSweetLike YouComfortEatingAdultsFruitExcuseEaseVegetablesFast FoodWhiningCerealComfort FoodTelevision CommercialsEating Fast Food Author:Dan John
“Like a young eaglet that gets pushed out of the nest at the appropriate time, a young man must learn to fly on his own. If the nest is too cushy, if all of his creature comforts are there for his enjoyment, then he may set up his high-definition television and perch for a while.” IfsMenMayYoungTelevisionComfortCreaturesDefinitionsYoung ManEnjoymentAppropriateNestsLearn To FlyAppropriate TimeHigh DefinitionCreature Comforts Author:Dennis Rainey
“Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort.” PeopleLongTurnsCrimeTelevisionComfortDramaGoing AwayReassurance Author:Tom Shales
“The money is in television. Books are not the dominant medium of our time, so fewer people will create them. In a sad way, books have become a form of "comfort food" we expect to lull us to sleep.” PeopleWayBookFormSleepTelevisionComfortMediumsOur TimeFewerDominantLullsComfort Food Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“The serious reader in the age of technology is a rebel by definition: a protester without a placard, a Luddite without hammer or bludgeon. She reads on planes to picket the antiseptic nature of modern travel, on commuter trains to insist on individualism in the midst of the herd, in hotel rooms to boycott the circumstances that separate her from her usual sources of comfort and stimulation, during office breaks to escape from the banal conversation of office mates, and at home to revolt against the pervasive and mind-deadening irrelevance of television.” MindHomeAgeRoomsBreakTechnologyModernTelevisionSeriousSourceReaderCircumstancesComfortConversationOfficeTrainDefinitionsPlanesHotelMidstRebelMatesUsualIndividualismHammersHerdsRevoltStimulationHotel RoomsBoycottIrrelevance Author:Eric Burns