Annoyance Quotes - Page 2

• I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Personality, Salary, Dimes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not. It is nothing, then, either to the living or to the dead, for with the living it is not and the dead exist no longer.

  Epicurus

  Pain, Evil, Expectations

  Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero (2015). “Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans”, p.87, Lulu.com

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• I like changing my hairstyle, much to my mother's annoyance. It depends on my state of mind.

  Fernando Torres

  Mother, Mind, States

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• O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in order to move the institution just that little bit away from what is was to what it could become, and also to assure at least the sense if not the reality of independence.

  Robin Winks

  Moving, Teaching, Reality

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• A careful reading of 50 Simple Things leaves you wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing either, you can worry yourself to death.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Reading, Simple, Worry

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.147, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a smouldering cigar. It is almost worthy of a study in air currents to discover why with plenty of space all around, a tiny column of smoke will make straight for the nostrils of the very one most nauseated by it!

  Emily Post

  Air, Space, Gathering

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• People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance-all healthy feelings without which people couldn't exist.

  Albert Ellis

  Regret, Frustration, People

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• The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Military, Causes, Empty

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• Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

  George Sand

  Stupid, Doubt, World

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• Killing your rival doesn’t guarantee happiness. Sometimes it ruins any chance you have of it instead. Memories of dead men hold far more power than the annoyances of living ones.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Memories, Men, Guarantees

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• In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It's my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality.

  John Elder Robison

  Blow, Past, People

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• The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack for causing heartbreak was innate, but her vitality often made people forgive her romantic misdeeds.

  Steve Martin

  Men, Dust, Order

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• Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.

  Harvey Penick

  Real, Golf, Matter

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• I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. That's served in the past to create an image of me where I'm always frowning or looking angry.

  Demi Moore

  Past, Frowning, Paparazzi

  "Glamour Interview: Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys Talk!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.glamour.com. August 29, 2011.

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• In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I think it was, in the long run, it was very good for me in a whole bunch of ways.

  George R. R. Martin

  Running, Disappointment, Frustration

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency.

  C. D. Darlington

  Routine, Ministry, Complacency

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• "Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time." I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera, a onetime annoyance who'd become a good friend. So good, in fact, that in my joyous zeal, I reached out and hugged him - something he clearly didn't expect. I was surprising everyone today. "Whoa, whoa," he said backing up, flushing. "It figures. You're the only girl who'd get all emotional about the thought of killing. I don't even want to think about what goes on when you and Ivashkov are alone."

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Christian, Eye

  "Spirit Bound". Book by Richelle Mead, May 18, 2010.

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• It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Disappointment, Typical, Etc

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• I wasn’t sure what expression I was expecting her to wear when she saw that it was me. I’d braced myself for disgust or anger. But she just looked at me like I was — nothing. An annoyance, maybe.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Expression, Saws, Expecting

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.652, Scholastic Inc.

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• Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them.

  Douglas Adams

  Mind, Instinct, Clear

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

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• We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win." "I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty. "Such as?" "Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords." "Would you die for them?" "Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No." "Well then." "Wouldn't see the point, to be honest.

  Douglas Adams

  Winning, Men, Fjords

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.357, Pan Macmillan

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• Am I blind?" Will's voice floated out of the darkness, tinged with annoyance. "I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Voice, Darkness, Blind

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike." Most chicks do," I said. "Roar of the engine and so on." Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. "Pig. You really enjoy dropping all women together in the same demographic, don't you?" It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Pigs, Blue

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.152, Penguin

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• The panther prowled around me in a loose, wide circle. Its mouth turned down, almost in a pout, and it seemed disappointed that I wasn't going to run away. Or scream, at the very least. Its tail, which was at least three feet long, twitched back and forth in what seemed to be annoyance. Or maybe anticipation. I didn't know. I'd always been more of a dog person. I cleared my throat, and the panther stopped and flicked up one of its rounded ears. Listening. "Um, nice kitty?

  Jennifer Estep

  Running, Dog, Nice

  Jennifer Estep (2012). “Mythos Academy Bundle: First Frost, Touch of Frost, Kiss of Frost & Dark Frost”, p.160, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs were not loyal but servile, that cats were opportunists and traitors, that peacocks were heralds of death, that macaws were simply decorative annoyances, that rabbits fomented greed, that monkeys carried the fever of lust, and that roosters were damned because they had been complicit in the three denials of Christ.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Dog, Cat, Animal

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