I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it something that will give us a little closure a little peace.

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.

I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all this too shall pass.

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday as Christians we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

I grew up in Austria and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.

Baking cookies is comforting and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority ' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

I like singer-songwriters and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.