Quotes by Comforting Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'. Richard Dawkins doe comforting people There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true. Richard Dawkins injection would-be comforting Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting. Royal Assassin Robin Hobb assassins comforting thinking There didn't seem to her any harm in it, and the make-believe was so comforting. Rohinton Mistry harm comforting believe Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. Russ Roberts deception self comforting [David Tennant's] Doctor has such humanity, he seems to understand us and he's very warm, so he's a comforting Doctor to be with, and he enables us to be slightly scarier than we had been. Russell T Davies doctors humanity comforting The local shepherd, I vividly remember his old Barbour jacket, with a hipflask in the pocket. It just feels very familiar - like part of my childhood. The smell of the wax. Whenever I put one on now, it just feels comforting. Sam Heughan smell childhood comforting Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal. Sandra Lee baking-cookies comforting littles When you can answer questions about what you think and when you can explain why you think what you think, that's power, it's comforting power. Rush Limbaugh answers comforting thinking Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory. Scot McKnight news angel comforting I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once. Sarah Dessen chaos comforting profound That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become. Scott Westerfeld comforting night hands Food is the most primitive form of comfort. Sheilah Graham Westbrook cooking comforting food I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music. Sinead O'Connor spiritual comforting thinking Oh yeah, this was so comforting. Like a porcupine in a condom factory.’ (Danger) Sherrilyn Kenyon condom danger comforting As a competitor, winner or loser, one crosses the line into limbo. The adrenaline is gone, the anticipation is gone. The verdict is either comforting or devestating but it neithers returns the exhilaration of the race nor helps directly to win the next. Maybe all that matters is that there is a next. Stefan Kieszling race winning comforting Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought. Stephen Jay Gould hope comforting science Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default mode of human psychology is to grab onto comforting beliefs for purely emotional reasons, and then justify those beliefs to ourselves with post-hoc rationalizations. Steven Novella psychology emotional comforting It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting. Stone Gossard real comforting years There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope. Sue Miller illusion serious comforting «23456789101112»