Peevish Quotes

14 quotes by 11 authors

He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… — Samuel Johnson
I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct. — Robert Hugh Benson
Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger. — Mason Cooley
Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm. — Alexander H. Stephens
But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart. — Julie Powell
The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows. They are polluted off'rings, more abhorred! Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. — William Shakespeare
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. — Desiderius Erasmus
Junior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. *Sheâ€™s a stubborn little brat.* — William Shakespeare
The Lord help us!' he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly… — Emily Bronte
I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately… — Maureen Johnson
The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when… — Henry Ward Beecher
It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other… — Samuel Johnson
He that hangs himself is a virgin: virginity murders itself, and should be buried in highways, out of all sanctified limit, as a desperate offendress… — William Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Peevish Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 14 Peevish Quotes as follows: