Irritable Quotes

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I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you… — Thomas Jefferson
We all know people who have been made much meaner and more irritable and more intolerable to live with by suffering: it is not right… — Oswald Chambers
aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; but the… — A. P. Herbert
The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with. — George Washington
Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,… — Jean de la Bruyere
I was a weird little kid. I was very irritable, bored, frustrated. I felt my imagination bubbling inside my head without having any way to… — Clive Barker
A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will… — William James
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous. The ideas and… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Nothing is more annoying in the ordinary intercourse of life than this irritable patriotism of the Americans. A foreigner will gladly agree to praise much… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Think of yourself as an insensitive, nitpicking, irritable fool to use the product. — Ma Huateng
To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old. — Berthold Auerbach
Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I… — Ayelet Waldman
I was feeling very irritable. It was that difficult time of the month when the credit card statement arrives. — Julie Walters
We make our days pleasant or miserable. If we insist on being miserable, irritable and nasty, more than likely the day will give us exactly… — Iyanla Vanzant
If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions… — Marcus Aurelius
Once you get into the groove of things and in the mood you are usually fine; it is before the event that you get nervous… — John Gallagher, Jr.
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious,… — William Duncan Silkworth
Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God. — William Barclay
In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect. — Nigella Lawson
I think a writer is not an ideal husband... Writers tend to get off into their own heads and not notice the people that they're… — Roy Blount, Jr.

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