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Relief Quotes

On comfort, ease, and welcome relief.

This page explores relief across surprisingly different settings, sports strategy, philosophical musing on pleasure, and the language of legal remedy. For more on emotional ease, see the American quotes page.

Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.

Quotes by Melanie Roach

I've been able to bring billions of dollars back to our state that has so desperately needed it - billions of dollars in relief to homeowners and our communities and our pension systems that desperately need it.

Quotes by Lisa Madigan

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Quotes by Lily Tomlin

So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.

Quotes by Lee Zeldin

It's very difficult to set a film in one setting without giving the audience some intensity and some relief.

Quotes by Laurence Fishburne

When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.

Quotes by Laura Carmichael

I'm not a regionalist. Both places have their pros and cons. And the cultural differences are slighter than they are made out to be. L.A. riots, N.Y. shops. Both are good for stress relief.

Quotes by Kyp Malone

We not only heard it before 20 years ago, before George Bush in 2001 passed his tax relief, before in 2003 the tax relief were past, we were told they were dead. Before we provided prescription drugs for Medicare, we...

Quotes by Ken Mehlman

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Quotes by Katherine Anne Porter

If it means being settled and content, getting older can be a relief.

Quotes by Kate Garraway

I'm not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I've done have been a small part of my work. What I've sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its restrictions.

Quotes by John Williams

Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past.

Quotes by John Thorn

The men have long been unpaid and need relief.

Quotes by John Hawkins

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

Quotes by Joanna Scott

Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.

Quotes by Jo Bonner

The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.

Quotes by Jill Lepore

I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.

Quotes by Jan Egeland

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.

Quotes by Ibrahim Babangida

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

Quotes by George Ayittey

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

Quotes by Fiona Shaw

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of relief do these quotes describe?
They cover several meanings, needing relief pitching in baseball, finding relief from painful memories, philosophical reflection on pleasure as a form of relief, and legal emergency relief.
Is there a sports-related quote in this collection?
Yes, one discusses the need for both left-handed and right-handed relief pitchers, a nod to baseball strategy.
Do any quotes touch on legal or governmental topics?
One references how a nationwide injunction can push a government body to seek emergency relief, framed in fairly neutral, procedural terms.
Is there a philosophical take on pleasure and relief?
Yes, one line suggests that what we call pleasure might really just be relief from discomfort, a more skeptical take on enjoyment.
Where can I find more quotes about comfort and ease?
Visit the American quotes page for related reflections on everyday relief.

From a pitcher's role to a courtroom's emergency order, each quote treats relief as something actively sought. Explore Comic and Down for more contrasting moods.