Annoyance Quotes

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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel… — Bruno Bettelheim
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight… — Michael Josephson
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in… — Robin Winks
If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when… — George Washington
Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was. — Kate Elliott
The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most. — Michel de Montaigne
I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to… — Michael Bloomberg
The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance,… — Hilaire Belloc
So long as you do not know who you really are, this will be difficult.Â You may have to give up a lot of things… — Werner Erhard
Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency. — C. D. Darlington
What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain? — Marquis de Custine
You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are. You would realize… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the end of October,… — Henry Mitchell
I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally… — Anatoly Karpov
Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough to lose without… — Emanuel Lasker
Now, Iâ€™m not saying that we donâ€™t need rules in society. But the question of who makes the rules and on what basis becomes supremely… — Jeffrey Tucker
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness.… — Sengcan
The little incidents and accidents of every day fill us with emotion, anxiety, annoyance, passion, as long as they are close to us, when they… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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