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
He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, he gets on my nerves; At other times, I burn the ladder.” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow. — James Russell Lowell 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
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
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
“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
To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation -… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“If you feel irritated or threatened by others' beliefs, it's a sign that you're experiencing crisis of confidence.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“They don't understand it. They're not old enough to know the first instinct of irritation should be avoided in order to keep… — Amelia Gray Copy Share Image
People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced. — Nora Roberts 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
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
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
Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
There are two life-forces in the world I know: Jewish and gentile, ours and yours...I do not believe that this primal difference… — Maurice Samuel Copy Share Image
“Like love, mourning affects the world—and the worldly—with unreality, with importunity. I resist the world, I suffer from what it demands of… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they… — Plutarch 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
…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
By all means give vent to your anger, let it out in nondestructive ways--if you are still deciding to have it. But… — Wayne Dyer 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
“Disavowal is an unusual form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“So, along with clear seeing, there’s another important element, and that’s kindness. It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don’t progress.… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“From Brandon's perspective, this kid possessed the unique ability (it was actually more of a gift) to get under his skin. Most… — Jeff Kinley Copy Share Image
“By the second day, the song lyrics had faded, but in their place came darker irritations. Gradually, I started to become aware… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“That was the main thing wrong with Mrs. Kamal. She spent such an extraordinary amount of mental energy feeling irritated that it… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“For some people, a fixed state of irritation is oxygen. I understand this all too well.” — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image