Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you… — Salma Hayek
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. — William Hazlitt
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. — William Hazlitt
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death. — Heinrich Heine
He only profits from praise who values criticism. — Heinrich Heine
I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised. — Christopher Hitchens
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. — Thomas Hobbes
I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than… — Dustin Hoffman
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to… — Evander Holyfield
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. — E. W. Howe
The most destructive criticism is indifference. — E. W. Howe
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. — Elbert Hubbard
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. — Elbert Hubbard
The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. — Victor Hugo
There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system… — Jim Jeffords
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. — Erica Jong
One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family,… — Ben Kingsley
There are a lot of ways to make people not like you, but one of the most powerful - if least fair - is to… — Jeffrey Kluger
I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me. — Charles Krauthammer
I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad… — Mike Krzyzewski
I think envy motivates a lot of people. — Shia LaBeouf
It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip,… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. — W. Somerset Maugham
Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to… — Joyce Meyer

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