Resent Quotes
224 quotes by 198 authors
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Human beings do not like being pushed about by gods. They may seem to, on the surface, but somewhere on the inside, underneath it all,…
— Neil Gaiman
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If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you.…
— Sarah McLachlan
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Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the…
— Isaac Asimov
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Indeed, it is a kind of quintessence of pride to hate and fear even the kind and legitimate approval of those who love us! I…
— Thomas Merton
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Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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It occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and…
— Emma Bull
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Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.
— Eckhart Tolle
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Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life,…
— Rick Warren
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He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking…
— Peter De Vries
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Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can…
— Azar Nafisi
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All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger.
— Isaac Asimov
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I am very fond of the oyster shell. It is humble and awkward and ugly. It is slate-colored and unsymmetrical. Its form is not primarily…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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And then what? Said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Lane, I didn't mean to wrinkle your lovely blouse. May I press that for you?' Or…
— Karen Marie Moning
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Everyone is happier if they have someone else to look down on, as well as someone to look up to, especially if they resent both.
— Christopher Moore
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Who do you suppose decided that the birds are free? Even if they can fly the skies unless they have a destination and a branch…
— Kazuya Minekura
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My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves
— James Lee Burke
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Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world without thorns, without…
— N.D. Wilson
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My friend died. (Astrid) Died how? (Zarek) Mmm, he had parvo. (Astrid) Isn’t that a dog’s disease? (Zarek) Yes. It was tragic. (Astrid) Hey! I…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.
— Bret Easton Ellis
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