Not really hungry." "She’ll eat." Pritkin said curtly. "I said —" "If you starve to death it would damage my professional reputation."… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.” — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut… — Maximus the Confessor 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
If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able… — Anonymous 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
Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty.… — Philip Yancey 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
Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Foolish minds will entertain you, but confuse minds will irritate you — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Let passion reach a catastrophe and it submits us to an intoxicating force far more powerful than the niggardly irritation of wine… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
“How marvelous to live long enough to escape your past. 196 Finding instruction in irritation is like faking an orgasm. 58” — Laurie Stone Copy Share Image
I had irritation from a belly-button ring, just constantly taking it in and out, causing irritation and got a rash down there. — Chris Sale 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
Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation… — Charlie Munger 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
Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect. — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation. — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
