“There was a fine line between irritation and having icicles hurled at your face.” — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“Most people were already living inside their own irritation.” — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image
I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation. — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
There is always a secret irritation about a laugh into which we cannot join. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, he gets on my nerves; At other times, I burn the ladder.” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination. — Thomas Crum Copy Share Image
True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect. — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
“A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader … as an irritating voice is to a listener.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You can do the right thing that seems wrong to others, or the wrong thing that seems right, and its actually puerile… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“She sounded angry. That was the way she'd been as long as he'd known her. If she became ill, it irritated her.… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I try to think of something catchy to say, but there's nothing but irritation that something that was funny yo an eleven-year-old… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others don't (as… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
“Philippa Somerville, standing back a little, did not withdraw her arm. In her white face, a shadow of motherly irritation appeared. ‘Has… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
In one family, every little plan or question is discussed amid bickering and irritation. In another, without the least effort, every discussion… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
Love is friendship that has caught fire. ... Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future, and it doesn't… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
It struck me that the popularity of Christmas is a matter of web-like consciousness. Childhood conditions us to relax and expand at… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Similar (of course, far from identical) irritations in similar conditions call out similar reflexes; the more powerful the irritation, the sooner it… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“He looked tired, irritated, and slightly defeated. It was beautiful.” — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image