#cushion

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#cell #chamber #cushioned #difference #inch

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#attack #become #country #cushion #dumb

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#been #bounty #continual #cushioned #having

Storage is important. Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#blankets #come #cushions #got #important

I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats. ↗

— Neil Patrick Harris

#got #i #like #more #ny

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#cushioned #evenings #feet #home #love

Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#cushions #improve #onion #rings #time

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. ↗

— Joan Collins

#cushions #dressing #dressing room #even #i

It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing. ↗

— Emma Stone

#cushion #definitely #doing #go #high