Irritating Quotes

155 Irritating quotes by 138 unique authors

A new experience can be extremely pleasurable, or extremely irritating, or somewhere in between, and you never know until you try it out. — Daniel Handler
When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated before his eyes--is… — Leo Tolstoy
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living… — Trevanian
It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else. — John Cage
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad
Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know. — Oscar Wilde
There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Theophilus Crowe's mobile phone played eight bars of "Tangled Up in Blue" in an irritating electronic voice that sounded like a choir of suffering houseflies,… — Christopher Moore
She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another word, and another,… — Amy Tan
She realized all at once the deeper thing that bothered her, the thing that made him not just irritating but intolerable: how he kept loving… — Ann Brashares
It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs. — Christopher Moore
You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating. — Stephenie Meyer
I find you irritating. (Kat) I havenâ€™t even begun to irritate you yet. Imagine what I could do if I applied myself? (Solin) I can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
People are basically irritating. Myself included. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead. — Raymond E. Feist
You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go. — Robert Ludlum
The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true. — Diana Gabaldon
I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating. — Jim Butcher
Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just… — Lois McMaster Bujold
One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is… — Daniel Handler

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