Complaining Quotes

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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
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
Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something.… — Jennifer Donnelly
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
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
If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by… — Ernest Hemingway
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
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
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
When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do. — Blaise Pascal
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
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
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
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
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires. — Wendell Berry
Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people. — Susanna Clarke
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
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
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
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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