Every hero gets the girl, and every villain gets to die. I…

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

— Thomas Sowell

“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing…

— Dean Koontz

“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who…

— Donna Lynn Hope

There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of one's fellow man.

— Groucho Marx

Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.”

— Jeff Wheeler

I avoid envy at all costs.

— Claudia Winkleman

Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer…

— Edouard Boubat

avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.

— St. Catherine of Siena

“You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they…

— John Milton

“Who would have thought you had so many supporters?" she whispered. "Not mine, my love. Yours. I had not a one till you started…

— Michele Sinclair

“Treachery is always a hairy caterpillar bred of a small butterfly called envy, no matter how lofty the principles involved.”

— Fazil Iskander

Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks…

— Julie Foudy

“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a…

— Zadie Smith