Envious People Quotes

19 quotes from 4 authors

Read nineteen sharp reflections on envy and its many faces. One author admits jealousy of those who can weather relentless media pressure without backlash. Another imagines a world where beauty isn’t measured by rivalry, and a third envies the freedom of sleeping whenever the body desires.

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I've just started to get really envious when I go into people's houses and see books on a shelf.

Rebecca Hall

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I am always so envious of people who do whatever they want.

Claire Foy

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I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

Moby

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I feel envious of people who have been connected to music throughout their lives.

Deepti Naval

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I never understood the nudity thing. I’m so envious of people who can walk around naked.

Robert Pattinson

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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Diogenes Laertius

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I guess I was always envious of people who got to move to New York for college because they got to see…

Lola Kirke

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A part of me is always envious of people who live in the present and are sustained by a sense of spontaneity.…

Peter Shaffer

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Don't be envious of people with the perfect life, try to sacrifice your time as individuals towards achieving the best life you…

Kemmy Nola

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I made a decision to stop feeling envious of other people, to crack on with my life and stop comparing myself with…

Jess Phillips

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“People who don’t work hard don’t have the right to be envious of the people with talent. People fail because they don’t…

Yukino Yukinoshita My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu

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I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

Michael Caine

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I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always…

Al Jourgensen

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“Don't you ever dream … about another … more beautiful life where nobody is envious of others, … where people treat other…

Hermann Hesse

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“I believe in being a poet in all moments of life. Being a poet means being human. I know some poets whose…

Forough Farrokhzad

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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others…

Diogenes

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“Protect yourself against the venomous attacks of jealous and envious people by eliminating them from your life. Whether it’s family, friends, or…

Dwaun S. Cox

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I find just in terms of free time I'm always envious of people I know who... listen to music, watch films, play…

Edgar Wright

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“Or no—let us say you are not quite such a person. You are ambitious, yes, and in the name of success you…

Martha Stout

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