Complaining Quotes - Page 40

• Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that includes suffering when that lifetime is a mere hour of eternity?

  Philip Yancey

  Suffering, Comfort, Lifetime

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• It makes no sense to complain about a lack of imagination in scientists when their failure is simply that they cannot make the world be what it is not, and they cannot make the world do what it cannot do.

  Milton A. Rothman

  Imagination, World, Scientist

  Milton A. Rothman (1992). “The Science Gap: Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Reality of Science”

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• I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Stars, Home, Responsibility

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• Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.

  John of the Cross

  Speak, Should, Frailty

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• A woman doesn't find it contradictory to complain about not having anything to wear and about not having enough closet space in the same conversation. You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

  Marie Stopes

  Beautiful, Space, Soul

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• I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

  Andy Rooney

  Done, I Can

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• If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen.

  George Orwell

  Blow, Doe, Firsts

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.330, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

  John Wooden

  Fighting, Games, Two

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• A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can do to an actor is give him a job." That shut me up and broke off a big hunk of my actor's cynical armor.

  Jeff Raz

  Jobs, Giving, Cynical

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• Hi, this is Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger. I'm in New York at the moment, and we've been walking around the city, it's pretty strange. I was walking along with Darren and Cogsy yesterday and we saw this guy playing cards, a little two up type swindle, and he ripped this guy off for like one hundred bucks in like, ten seconds, and the guy started complaining so he just packed up his shop and left! And it was the smoothest swindle any of us had ever seen. So that was probably the highlight of our trip here so far.

  Bernard Fanning

  New York, Cities, Two

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• It goes without saying that what a girl goes through, boys could not even comprehend. If we get the flu, we need a week. We're idiots. But what was the most powerful realization to me was, how do single mothers with a low income cope? I can't complain about my dumb life. That's what was most revelatory to me.

  Gavin Rossdale

  Girl, Mother, Powerful

  Source: collider.com

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• When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

  Confucius

  Mother, Father, Distance

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and is far more numerous than the second class. It is especially of these evils that all men complain, - only few men are found that do not sin against themselves by this kind of evil. ...This class of evil originates in man's vices, such as excessive desire for eating, drinking, and love; indulgence in these things in undue measure, or in improper manner, or partaking of bad food. This course brings diseases and afflictions upon the body and soul alike.

  Maimonides

  Drinking, Men, Class

  "Guide for the Perplexed". Book by Maimonides, Ch.12, 1190.

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• I really can't complain about anything. I'm living a childhood dream and I have a perfect family. There's really nothing that I'm disappointed with.

  Tim Hudson

  Dream, Perfect, Childhood

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• I lead by example. But if I get pissed enough, I'll say something. It usually isn't rah-rah; it's more complaining.

  Brian Urlacher

  Example, Enough, Ifs

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• If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Taken, Hell, Ifs

  Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, Waltraud Suzuki (1983). “Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education”, p.61, Alfred Music

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• Your mantra is thank you. Just keep saying thank you. Don't explain. Don't complain. Just say thank you. Say thank you to existence.

  Mooji

  Saying Thank You, Existence, Mantras

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• And all of you, all your lives, should be telling those of us in the media leadership positions to tell the whole truth and calling us to complain when we don't. Break this know-nothing pact now and you will have taken as mighty a step as you can as an individual to help see to it that we as a nation move together toward a lively, hopeful, confident, and all-embracing future.

  Geneva Overholser

  Moving, Taken, Media

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• I imagine that it saddens the heart of God when we murmur and complain, instead of being thankful after He's been so good to us.

  Joyce Meyer

  Heart, Being Thankful, Imagine

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• Dogs are quick to show their affection. They never pout, they never bear a grudge. They never run away from home when mistreated. They never complain about their food. They never gripe about the way the house is kept. They are chivalrous and courageous, ready to protect their mistress at the risk of their lives. They love children, and no matter how noisy and boisterous they are, the dog loves every minute of it. In fact, a dog is still competition for a husband. Perhaps if we husbands imitated a few of our dog's virtues, life with our family might be more amiable.

  Billy Graham

  Running, Dog, Children

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Stupid, People, Genius

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• Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!"

  Nhat Hanh

  Long, Important, Impermanence

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• When we complain, we often project onto others the dissatisfaction of how we're dealing with our own lives.

  P. M. Forni

  Projects, Dissatisfaction

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• I'm really, really blessed. Not only am I blessed to have found that I love making films, but I'm also insanely blessed to be able to do it. I have to remind myself that when I'm complaining.

  Michael Pitt

  Blessed, Able, Film

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.

  Laura Miller

  People, Literature, Assuming

  "Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2013". www.salon.com. December 27, 2013.

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