Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.
A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality
Them as ha' never had a cushion don't miss it.
When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.
Everyone is isolated from everyone else. The concept of society is like a cushion to protect us from the knowledge of that isolation. A fiction that serves as an anesthetic.
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect.
All cats love a cushioned couch.
One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.
As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion. - William Makepeace Thackeray
The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'.
