- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Armchair Quotes
Sayings on sitting back — and stepping out.
These armchair quotes contrast comfortable detachment with real engagement, from armchair skeptics who never test their theories to art that offers a soothing, Chair-like calm. It's a theme that spans criticism, memory, and creative purpose.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if he was happier in Asia than he'd been in Latin America, the wanderlust still worked on my father's insides like a disease. One of the most recurrent memories of my childhood is of him sitting in his armchair in the evenings, poring over atlases the way other fathers read newspapers or books.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
- Devoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media and marketing deluge has spawned a new type of Wall Street loser: the armchair momentum player. These are novice investors who engage in short-term stock buying and selling based on media reports or an expert's enthusiasm.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be a writer with superstitions worthy of a professional baseball player: I needed a certain desk chair and a certain armchair and a certain desk arrangement, and I could only get really useful work done between 8 P.M. and 3 A.M. Then I started to move, and I couldn't bring my chairs with me.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If rehearsed eye-rolls and sneers and armchair psychology worked, and were interesting, Fox wouldn't be number one.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020