Top 10 Uncomfortable Situations Quotes

A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later down the road.

A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later down the road.

Brian Regan

Uncomfortable Situations, Laughing, Tragedy

Source: edition.cnn.com

The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been given- that you are not in a productive creative period- you free yourself to begin filling up again.

Anne Lamott

Acceptance, Reality, Uncomfortable Situations

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.178, Anchor

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations.

Conor McGregor

Games, Uncomfortable Situations, Losing

Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

Trent Reznor

Uncomfortable Situations, Enemy, Trying

Change requires leaving our comfort zones and plunging headfirst into uncomfortable situations. It's true this causes some pain and discomfort for a moment, but it's the quickest path to generating long-term fulfillment.

Yehuda Berg

Pain, Uncomfortable Situations, Long

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.

Romany Malco

Laughter, Uncomfortable Situations, Tools

Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’ in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fire, Escaping, Uncomfortable Situations

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly.

Harry Connick, Jr.

Uncomfortable Situations, Feels, Knows

Interview with Sachin Bhola, www.askmen.com. March 3, 2011.

Leaving my house and getting on to a red carpet is always crazy for me, because you have to find a way to be comfortable in the most uncomfortable situation imaginable.

Sandra Bullock

Crazy, Uncomfortable Situations, House

"Sandra Bullock: 'Why I hate romantic comedies'". Interview with John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2010.