Envy Quotes · Page 28

Keep yourselves far from envy; it eateth up and taketh away good actions, like as fire eateth up and burneth wood

— Muhammad

I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that…

— Kwame Nkrumah

“I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts."…

— Sarah-Kate Lynch

There's all kinds of envy out there on the Left.

— Ed Schultz

You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that.…

— Adam Scott

The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the…

— Paul Johnson

It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.

— Truman Capote

Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right.

— Robert Breault

I can only assume that women hate on other women because they've run out of things to hate about themselves.

— Anonymous

One-third of the world, it has been said, may be free- -but one-third is the victim of cruel repression--and the other one-…

— John F. Kennedy

“Envy of other people shows how they are unhappy. Their continual attention to others behavior shows how they are boring.”

— Seneca

“No bird ever looked at a plane in envy”

— Iain Thomas

Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by…

— Richard John Neuhaus

If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago.

— Fareed Zakaria

“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from…

— Criss Jami

The thing that hurts the most is seeing him happy with another girl and wishing that it could have been you instead.

— Lisette Alfaro

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

— Barbra Streisand

“Some people suffer from the green-eyed monster called envy.”

— Ana Monnar

I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

— Christopher Marlowe

Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that…

— Jean de la Bruyere

He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But…

— Anna Godbersen

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

— William Shakespeare

A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty—and, by which definition, a philosopher—dreamed he was a butterfly, and from that moment he was never…

— Tom Stoppard

The only thing I envy in young people is their livers.

— Brendan Behan

Some fans keep booing and whistling at me because I'm handsome, rich and a great player. They envy me.

— Cristiano Ronaldo