“Money," he said, "is a terrible nuisance. But it's nice not to have to worry.” — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
“Kids are clever and full of fun but, oh, they can be a terrible nuisance!” — Alice Provensen Copy Share Image
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Drunks are an asset on the front line, the army taught me. In the air, we’re a nuisance.” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
The educated man is a greater nuisance than the uneducated one. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Educating people beyond their intellectual means is a disservice to humanity. A clueless person who knows little is a nuisance; a clueless… — George Jonas Copy Share Image
Fool of a Took!" he growled. "This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me,… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they… — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has… — Augustus Copy Share Image
Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But it's almost… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
How subtle is the relationship between the traveler and his luggage! He knows, as no one else knows, its idiosyncrasies, its contents… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
There's all kinds of conservative donors. The Koch brothers are big donors. There's all kinds of them. But none of them have… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Without infringing on the liberty we so much boast, might we not ask our professional Mayor to call upon the smokers, have… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
Mainly, of course, if you're not an ice climber, where you really need ice, for most people ice is a damn nuisance.… — Ira Flatow Copy Share Image
[T]his free and easy old-bachelor sort of life is quite full of fun and jollity. Pease and myself room together; and everything… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
It is difficult to understand why statisticians commonly limit their inquiries to Averages, and do not revel in more comprehensive views. Their… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image