Complain Quotes
937 Complain quotes by 723 unique authors
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Once upon a time, the Reindeer took a running leap and jumped over the Northern Lights. But he jumped too low, and the long fur…
— Vera Nazarian
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Inner resistance to whatever arises in the present moment pulls you back into unconsciousness. Inner resistance is some form of negativity, complaining, fear, aggression, or…
— Eckhart Tolle
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All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it’s truer to…
— Dennis Prager
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For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their appetites are astonishing!…
— David Mitchell
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If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one…
— Ann Patchett
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Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to…
— Gretchen Rubin
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of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable. Bad things did not stick to her. Correction: her bad things…
— Jerry Spinelli
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But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold…
— Paulo Coelho
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He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of…
— Anne Bronte
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Mississippi is like my mother. I am allowed to complain about her all I want, but God help the person who raises an ill word…
— Kathryn Stockett
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In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our…
— Adam Smith
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I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death…
— Ben Jonson
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One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or…
— Richard Carlson
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The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer…
— Jose Rizal
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Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.
— Susanna Clarke
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I don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose.…
— Franny Billingsley
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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a…
— Maya Angelou
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That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
— Markus Zusak
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I hate women who complain about being fat when they're like a size 5. Anything under size 5 isn't a woman. It's a boy with…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Hamilton dabbed a tissue at the cut under his eye. "Except for the time I met the Great Khali, that was the coolest thing I've…
— Gordon Korman
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There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the…
— Oliver Sacks
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The missing crowds make you lonely. You begin to complain about all the people you could be meeting. But no one listens or sympathizes with…
— David Eagleman
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The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay…
— Paulo Coelho
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And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others…
— Julian Barnes
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But you have such dimples," said Anne, smiling affectionately into the pretty, vivacious face so near her own. "Lovely dimples, like little dents in cream.…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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