Irritation Quotes - Page 3

• True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is what fantasy can do for us.

  Vera Nazarian

  Fantasy, Painful, Heal

  Source: fantasyworlds.wordpress.com

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• One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Months, Scientist

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

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• Claude Levi-Strauss has been a great source of fruitful irritation to my mind.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Mind, Levi Strauss, Source

  "Chronicles of Earthsea". The Guardian Online Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2004.

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• Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.

  Benjamin Harrison

  Wise, Heart, Permanent Things

  Benjamin Harrison (1901). “Views of an Ex-president”

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• Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also bring frustration and irritation - but if you can push through that, novelty and challenge can bring enormous happiness rewards.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Frustration, Skills, People

  "Slate Discussion: The Happiness Project". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. January 15, 2009.

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• Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.

  William P. Young

  Memories, Missing, May

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• If there is anything worse than the aching tedium of staring out of car windows, it is the irritation of getting tickets, packing, finding trains, lying in bouncing berths, washing without water, digging out passports, and fighting through customs. To live in Carlsbad is seemly and to loaf at San Remo healing to the soul, but to get from Carlsbad to San Remo is of the devil.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Lying, Healing, Fighting

  Sinclair Lewis (1956). “Dodsworth”

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• Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.

  Don Marquis

  Personality, Able, Causes

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• Irritation for some men was their response to strain.

  Guy Gavriel Kay

  Men, Response, Strain

  Guy Gavriel Kay (2010). “Under Heaven”, p.65, Penguin

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• Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.

  Thomas Crum

  Frustration, Joy, Growth

  Thomas F. Crum, Thomas Crum (1998). “The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work Into a Work of Art”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Torture, Humiliation, Avenues

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• Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation in your life.

  Charlie Munger

  Irritating, Not Worth It, Promoters

  Charlie Munger's comments on short selling at the 2001 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, www.tilsonfunds.com. April 28, 2001.

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• In one family, every little plan or question is discussed amid bickering and irritation. In another, without the least effort, every discussion goes on amid perfect peace. This is just as easy, and infinitely more agreeable: only, in many homes it does not happen to be the family habit.

  Charles Buxton

  Home, Perfect, Effort

  Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883). “Notes of Thought”

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• Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

  Geoff Dyer

  Ambition, Levels

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• Hmm?' I looked away, flustered automatically using irritation to cover my discomfort up. 'What does 'hmm' have to do with anything? Could you ever use more that five words? All this grunting and minced words make you come across-- primal.' His smile tipped higher. 'Primal.' 'You're impossible.' 'Me Jev, you Nora.' -Nora & Patch (PG 226)

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Doe, Use, Impossible

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2012). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; Finale”, p.914, Simon and Schuster

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• Hmph," said Sharon . "Did you know that the numbers three and seven are sacred to vampires? There are seven vampire sects." "Seven sacred sects," I repeated. "Say that three times fast." "How about I spank you instead?" asked Patrick in a benign tone that belied the flare of irritation in his gaze. "Only if you tie me to a bed and use a paddle." His silver eyes went molten. Uh-oh. Me and my big smart-aleck mouth. "I… uh, sorry. I didn't mean that. I saw Secretary a few too many times. I'm impressionable.

  Michele Bardsley

  Sorry, Smart, Mean

  Michele Bardsley (2006). “I'm the Vampire, That's Why”, p.68, Penguin

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• Life is an irritation.

  Christopher Moore

  Life Is

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Island Of The Sequined Love Nun: A Novel”, p.66, Hachette UK

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• People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.

  Nora Roberts

  People, Entertainment, Source

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• There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.

  Moby

  Passion, Animal, Rights

  "Moby's more than a musician: New book 'Gristle' explores food safety, factory farms, veganism". Interview with Grant Butler, www.oregonlive.com. March 17, 2010.

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• The message we give our bodies - one of irritation or acceptance - is the message to which our bodies will answer.

  Debbie Shapiro

  Inspiring, Acceptance, Journey

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• When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

  Stephen Covey

  Relationship, Change, Family

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• The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Journey, Hiking, Mountain

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1030, Library of America

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• Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation with a smile instead of scowl, or by giving warm praise instead of icy indifference. By our being understanding instead of abrupt, others, in turn, may decide to hold on a little longer rather than to give way. Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Jesus, Giving, Temptation

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• When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.

  Elizabeth West

  Philosophy, Healing, Men

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• there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

  Patricia Wentworth

  Flesh, Virtue, Abstract

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