The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“True love is jealousy in disguise: A man cannot restrict his lover from going to the club because he hates her, he… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
A careful reading of 50 Simple Things leaves you wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
He does not start guiltily, as he should, but frowns in annoyance. "Who are you?" I slip my hand through the slit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let's try not to be exacting with other people, but rather to pass over in silence those thousand little annoyances that tend… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Will that be all?” I asked the pimply faced teen who ogled my exposed legs as if in heat. My pen tapped… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Now, I’m not saying that we don’t need rules in society. But the question of who makes the rules and on what… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation,… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. " I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are.… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade Copy Share Image
Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I wasn’t sure what expression I was expecting her to wear when she saw that it was me. I’d braced myself for… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ove glances at it as it rolls onto its side and starts snoring. He has to concede that the Cat Annoyance has… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, "without hard labour," and with the… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
“Are you okay?" asked Finisterre. "Annoyed," I said, giving him my hand so he could heave me to my feet. "Yes, I… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I get cranky real easily. So the honor of it and the wonder of it all and everything has a hard time… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
Killing your rival doesn’t guarantee happiness. Sometimes it ruins any chance you have of it instead. Memories of dead men hold far… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that… — George Sand Copy Share Image
I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. That's served in the past to create an image of me… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer...… — Eugene J. Martin Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather be eating a bar of chocolate or even something healthy like a lettuce leaf alone at my desk than… — Sarah Darer Littman Copy Share Image
“Smartass Disciple: Master, that guy’s teaching is somehow annoying me. Master of Stupidity: Only as long as you stay tuned for pissed-off… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
The little incidents and accidents of every day fill us with emotion, anxiety, annoyance, passion, as long as they are close to… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted… — Robin Winks Copy Share Image
“A knock came at the door. Everyone looked up. Elena's nostrils flared and she leaned over to whisper something to Clay. "Fuck,"… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Psychologist Nathaniel Branden speaks of a benevolent sense of life possible to those with rational, productive values, vividly contrasted with the coercive… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting… — John Elder Robison Copy Share Image
You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“My mother repressed a shudder of apprehension, for, being more rapid in perception than my father, she grew alarmed on his account… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
It is a conquest when we can lift ourselves above the annoyances of circumstances over which we have no control; but it… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
... the advantages of being a postman seemed more and more dubious. It is not a congenial profession for anyone who is… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
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