Complaint Quotes

188 quotes by 172 authors

The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians of our fortunes,… — Jacob Schiff
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous… — Mark Twain
But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of… — Thomas Carlyle
Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved? — Ovid
Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is it… — Ang Lee
A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from… — James Keller
The reason for you complaint lies, it seems to me, in the constraint which your intellect imposes upon your imagination. Here I will make an… — Friedrich Schiller
Listen to the customer's complaint and act fast. — Richard Branson
The Culture of Complaint... We live in a culture of complaint because everyone is always looking for things to complain about. It's all tied in… — Alexander McCall Smith
The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture of… — George Will
Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection. — Jeremy Denk
My biggest complaint about customer service is that I am put on hold too long. — Jon Jones
I say, then, that viewed from that standpoint, there is but one single subject of complaint which Virginia has to make against the government under… — John Brown Baldwin
But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is any other cause… — John Brown Baldwin
Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the… — Pema Chodron
Art is either a complaint or appeasement. — Jasper Johns
This is my only and permanent complaint, that vulgar people, empty of the Spirit of God, want to judge solely by their human thinking what… — Meister Eckhart
Quitting, for me, means not giving up, but moving on; changing direction not because something doesnâ€™t agree with you, but because you donâ€™t agree with… — Pico Iyer
The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal. — Samuel Johnson
In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance. — Lazare Carnot

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