In chess, computers show that what we call ‘strategy’ is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters.
When you’re comfortable, you’re more confident – I really believe that. If you’re walking around in a dress or a pair of shoes that are uncomfortable, it reads all over you.
I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
In the writers’ room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they’ve stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe.
Most of my standup is about stuff that makes me uncomfortable. There are also things I don’t joke about. I don’t do jokes about the people who helped me get sober.
I like to play the grey areas in life – that’s the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don’t know what’s going to happen. There’s a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with – where it’s uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary.
Don’t talk to me about getting comfortable. It makes me uncomfortable.
When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn’t worth reading.
In camp, you’re supposed to get comfortable at being uncomfortable; you have to be ready for when you are being punched in the mouth.
I’ve always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that’s where progress comes from.
People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.
When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.
I don’t know why I’ve always been uncomfortable being too feminine. If a dress has too many flowers on it, if I’m giggling too much, I’m like ugh, put some combat boots on. I love masculine women. I think it’s because I’m like a fake lesbian, I don’t know.
I’m a vagabond. I live out of one suitcase. I feel very comfortable in black. I feel very uncomfortable in anything else than black.
I really appreciate Barry Jenkins as a filmmaker and the fact that he’s always wanting to push the envelope and challenge perspective and make people uncomfortable in a way that doesn’t seem like it’s allowed anymore.
I’ve been called Mr. Eddie’s brother, but I don’t trip on that. Whether you realize it or not, that’s a sign of disrespect. If you address me, call me by my name. You can’t lower me or make me feel uncomfortable.
I have a million career weaknesses, and although it’s uncomfortable, I believe that authentically acknowledging and working through your vulnerability is more powerful than the delusion of perfection.
You get to a certain age and you start comparing and being uncomfortable in one’s body. And then you get to a place where you start to love yourself, accept yourself, celebrate and honor yourself.
I don’t want anything to disrupt my routine or make people uncomfortable in meetings during the NCAA Tournament or leading up to the Super Bowl.
I always felt uncomfortable with real estate because buildings don’t move, and neighborhoods change.
Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they’re thinking, ‘Well, you’re doing it for publicity,’ or whatever.
People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven’t given much thought to the connections.
Nobody should feel uncomfortable at their work place, and nobody should be in a position to make someone feel uncomfortable.
The hardest part about traveling for work is that I’m a big guy, so traveling is sometimes uncomfortable for me.
I can only be in the sun for 15 minutes before burning. I have sunscreen on my face every day. If I’m walking on the sunny side of the street, I’ll walk to the shady side. I’m too uncomfortable in the sun.
When humans look at each other and look long enough into their eyes, some people are totally uncomfortable with that. I am not.
The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason – our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable situations, ones that are the source of great drama and national self-reflection.
There should be no individual that is uncomfortable showing up to our events to have a good time with their family that feels some type of way about something they have seen, an object they have seen flying.
A lot of the time, people think I’m really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
There’s nothing I’ve done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable – and it will get uncomfortable because you’re going up against the wall.
There were rumors in the magazines that I was seeing Ajay Devgn. That made me even more uncomfortable.
What is needed to pass gay marriage is not a Democratic majority – this past year has proven that to be true – but politicians and judges comfortable enough to ignore what the majority of the voters want and do what is uncomfortable, unpopular – and morally right.
We just don’t want to sell products that make anyone uncomfortable.
When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I’m a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me – it is a new way to see it.
I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the ’70s, Father’s Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father’s Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.
Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about gender or are quick to dismiss the problems of gender. Because thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable.
The social aspect of being an artist has always made me uncomfortable.
If I just wear something because I feel like myself and I’m comfortable, that’s okay – and that goes even for more edgy things. But if I try too much, or if I even try, it doesn’t work. It doesn’t feel natural, and I feel very uncomfortable.
I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That’s just my nature.
I just care about what I get to unearth and what makes me uncomfortable and what makes me grow because, ultimately, I just don’t want to ever play it safe.
Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.
Growth is usually uncomfortable. If you’re looking for comfort, you will more than likely feel tired and old earlier than you want, and the misery of your caged soul will always be looming nearby.
I’m never really comfortable; I think it’s kind of natural to feel uncomfortable, and I think if people say they are comfortable, they’re just lying.
The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.
The thing that gives me great hope is that I think, if anything, our world now is ready to be, like, ‘This stuff happens.’ We’re not trying to pretend like terrible things don’t happen, that uncomfortable situations, uncomfortable behavior, unhealthy behaviors don’t occur in our daily lives.
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
I don’t play right wing now but I am up and down the right wing a lot at club football. I know it would be a lot different but when I was younger I played there so I don’t think I’d be uncomfortable playing there.
There’s people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it’s garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job.
Most women get pregnant and even though it’s a challenge physically and uncomfortable, they generally wanted to be pregnant.
Unless confronted by an immediate, visible, or uncomfortable crisis, our nation’s tendency is to take the security of the Western Hemisphere for granted.
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you’re not used to; it’s exciting.
