Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
I would have been content with any job however thankless, in any quarter however remote, if I had a chance of making… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Often our good deeds make enemies for us, and the ungrateful person despises us on two counts; for he is not only… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers. — David Hemmings Copy Share Image
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Making the ungrateful grateful will bring tears to your eyes, tears of blood bleeding from the heart.” — Ana Monnar Copy Share Image
Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
I know being a linesman is a thankless job, especially with guys like me around. — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I would be content with any job, however thankless, in any quarter, however remote, if I had the chance of making a… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
When I did 'The Social Network,' David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought… — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian… — Yuriy Tarnawsky Copy Share Image
Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man! — Edward Young Copy Share Image
That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
