Relief Quotes - Page 8

Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions.

I'm on the verge of tears by the time we arrive at Pastels since I'm positive we won't get seated but the table is good, and relief that is almost tidal in scope washes over me in an awesome wave.

The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that accompany severe supply disruptions. Now is undoubtedly such a time.

Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.

It's a relief now to be able to stand next to my godfather and finally feel like I've accomplished something in the game of baseball.

Inching one's way along a steep cliff in the dark: on reaching the highway, one breathes a sigh of relief. Just when one can't take any more, one sees the moonlight. Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart: I know about that

The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies where there's not a ton of jokes, but you get huge laughs because there's a moment of relief.

A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something

The scratches in Yoko Ono records are moments of relief.

Ed Koch will never "rest in peace." That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say "it's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax."

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.

Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.

I feel empty, not because of sadness, but because of relief, all the tension flowing out of me.

How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there’s no relief in waking.” “The more you can distract yourself the better, ” he says. “First thing tomorrow, we’ll get you your own rope. Until then take mine.

To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.

I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!

We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.

The prime duty of help to the poor by the Church is not to bring temporal relief to their needs, but salvation to their souls.

who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it?

The rich and luxurious may claim an exclusive right to those pleasures which are capable of being purchased by pelf, in which the mind has no enjoyment, and which only afford a temporary relief to languor by steeping the senses in forgetfulness; but in the precious pleasures of the intellect, so easily accessible by all mankind, the great have no exclusive privilege; for such enjoyments are only to be procured by our own industry.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.