Annoying Quotes - Page 10

• There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.

  Alain de Botton

  Significant Things, People, May

  Alain de Botton (2012). “How Proust Can Change Your Life”, p.94, Pan Macmillan

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• You are really starting to annoy me, Stanton.” Nick didn’t blink. “Good. By the end of the night I hope to finish the job.

  Julie James

  Jobs, Night, Starting

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• Howl has been very kind to me." And this was true, Sophie realized. Howl showed his kindness rather strangely, but, considering all Sophie did to annoy him, he had been very good to her indeed. "Do listen. He's not wicked at all!" There was a bit of a fizz from the grate at this, where Calcifer was watching with some interest. " He isn't!" Sophie said, to Calcifer as much as to Fanny.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Kindness, Wicked, Sophie

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• Kid, you might just annoy me into killing you.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Kids, Might, Killing

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Iced: Fever Series”, p.88, Delacorte Press

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• Were you thinking about eating me?” Will inquired. “No!” “No one would blame you,” said Jem. “He’s very annoying.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Blame, Eating

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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• I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first, a little, and badly. Then, bit by bit, more and better. Being avidly-sometimes annoy-ingly-curious and persistent about discovering how others were doing what I wanted to do.

  Audre Lorde

  Firsts, Littles, Courageous

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• Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Incompetence, Overconfidence

  "Gladwell packs UTC venue". www.timesfreepress.com. October 6, 2010.

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• Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  People, Decision, Lines

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• If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.

  Terry Pratchett

  Knowing, One Thing, Ifs

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Mort: (Discworld Novel 4)”, p.102, Random House

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• Right now, Vee was the only person I could count on. She could be obnoxious,annoying, and lazy, but she never lied to me.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Lazy, Lied, Obnoxious

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2010). “Crescendo”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• You are your father's daughter,' he said, the skin around his eyes tightening. 'Trent is his father's son. Apart, you are annoying. Together...you have the potential to be a problem.

  Kim Harrison

  Daughter, Father, Eye

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• What are the two of you whispering about?” Alaric demanded irritably. She glanced over to see the warrior watching her, his eyes narrow with suspicion. “If I wanted you to know, I’d have spoken louder,” she said calmly. He turned away muttering what she was sure were more blasphemies about annoying females. “You must make the priest weary with the length of your confessions,” she said. He raised one eyebrow. “Who says I confess anything?

  Maya Banks

  Eye, Warrior, Two

  Maya Banks (2011). “In Bed with a Highlander”, p.30, Ballantine Books

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• Oh, Rusty, why did you let her in?" Angela said. "We could have just lain down on the floor until she went away. We could've had a nice floor nap." "Have you guys eaten?" Kami asked. "I'm starving." "Cooking is so much trouble," Rusty said mournfully. "You could order in," Kami suggested. "Delivery people are so annoying," Angela responded.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Nice, Naps, Order

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• 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 annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry.

  Maureen Johnson

  Sorry, Rain, Bothering You

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• If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed that you have done it, and won't have all the exasperation of trying to stop you.

  Dorothy Cottrell

  People, Annoyed, Trying

  Dorothy Cottrell (1929). “The Singing Gold”

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• ―You realize I can hear you without the annoying intercom. Cookie and I both leaned forward and looked at each other through the doorway. ―But this is more fun, I said. ―More Star Trekkie.

  Darynda Jones

  Stars, Fun, Cookies

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Third Grave Dead Ahead”, p.165, Macmillan

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• exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have to see a few times a week.

  Alissa Nutting

  Fitness, Workout, Exercise

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• In the human species at all events there is a great diversity of pleasures. The same things delight some men and annoy others, and things painful and disgusting to some are pleasant and attractive to others.

  Aristotle

  Men, Diversity, Events

  Aristotle (1934). “The Nicomachean ethics”

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• Also ... the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do.

  Rick Riordan

  Noble, Sneaky, Twisted

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• I had a date with a girl I called the parrot. All she did was repeat everything I said. She never had an original thought of her own. Everything I liked, she liked. Everything I hated, she hated. It was annoying!

  Justin Chon

  Girl, Original Thought, Parrots

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• I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in
  as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them
  annoy others.

  Robert Southey

  Eye, Littles, Trouble

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• The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

  Richie Benaud

  Australia, Jam, Tyres

  Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.

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• If I can avoid doing freelance work, I prefer to. Not just because it takes me away from drawing comics, but also because it's just annoying having to deal with art editors, and having to read people's articles or books or whatever.

  Chester Brown

  Art, Book, Editors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My mom let me kind of run free and be rowdy. She encouraged it. I'm a youngest child. So I was spazzy and trying to be funny to my older sisters. It's kind of my role in the family - tension reliever. I was funny or annoying, depending on your perspective.

  Andy Samberg

  Mom, Running, Children

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I have proven to these illusory godsthat a man, if he has the will, can practice, without any apprenticeship, their ridiculous trade.

  Albert Camus

  Power, Men, Practice

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