Not Fair Quotes

• It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1990). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952”, 1990.

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• Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Cynical, Fairness

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.57, Wordsworth Editions

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• Life is not fair get used to used to it

  Bill Gates

  Life Is, Used, Good High School Graduation

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• I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

  William Shakespeare

  Venice, Mind, Villain

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [179]

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• One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It's not and it won't. When we make this mistake we tend to spend a lot of time wallowing and/or complaining about what's wrong with life. "It's not fair," we complain, not realizing that, perhaps, it was never intended to be.

  Richard Carlson

  Motivational, Sorry, Mistake

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

  Bill Gates

  Funny, Success, Hilarious

  "Are We All Nerds Now?" by Matthew Kitchen, www.esquire.com. May 25, 2013.

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• Life's not fair; why should I be?

  Margaret Atwood

  Fairness, Should, Fairs

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• More often than not "fair" and "balanced" may be mutually exclusive

  Neal Gabler

  Democracy, May, Balanced

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• Life is not fair, but one day God's going to settle the score. He's going to right the wrongs. So, who can get better justice - you or God?

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Justice, Religion

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• Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

  Michael Josephson

  Things In Life, Justice, Ethics

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• It's not fair, but it's not entirely wrong to presume that the more capable people will come from the better brand.

  David F. D'Alessandro

  People, Brands, Fairs

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• Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

  Andy Stanley

  Christian, Believe, Son

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• It's been painful to see the people that you love be attacked when you know it's not fair or true.

  Jeb Bush

  Love Is, People, Painful

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  Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won't ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you're a victim. You are not.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Fall, Feelings, Life Is

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• There are hundreds and thousands of young Americans who cannot or will not receive an education, because in order to get an education, you have to spend money. Students come out of college and universities with unbelievable debt. It's not right, it's not fair, and it's not just, in a society such as ours. And those dollars are not going to the teachers.

  John Lewis

  Teacher, College, Order

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• If you are wealthy and can hire enough accountants and attorneys, you can find ways around the code. It's fundamentally not fair. It wastes a lot of time and energy and effort to comply with it. It doesn't encourage savings and investment. And we need to simply it and make it more fair.

  Karl Rove

  Effort, Way, Waste

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.

  Octavia Spencer

  Responsibility, Titles, Pay

  Source: www.npr.org

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• It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt.

  Wole Soyinka

  Fighting, Corruption, Fairs

  Source: saharareporters.com

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• You are just jealous," Magnus remarked calmly. "Because you do not have the soul of a true artiste like myself." "Oh, I am positively green with envy," Ragnor snapped. "Come now, Ragnor. That's not fair," said Magnus. "You know I love it when you make jokes about your complexion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Jealous, Envy, Soul

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• The characters have desperation and it doesn't work out for everyone. Maybe it's not fair because I'm responding to the adaptations that smooth out the edges.

  Robert Sikoryak

  Character, Work Out, Desperation

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?” “It's a strange universe,” he murmured. “It's not fair,” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love–now, in this eleventh hour–and have to leave it? Was it fair that my soul and body couldn't reconcile? Was it fair that I had to love Melanie, too?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Eight, Soul And Body, Voice

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• There is no level playing field. Any time our society says that a powerful chemical company has the same right as a low income family that's living next door, that playing field is not level, is not fair.

  Robert D Bullard

  Time, Powerful, Doors

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• Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

  Oscar Wilde

  Happiness, Marriage, Men

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.11, Wordsworth Editions

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• Because there’s a clock attached to every beautiful woman. From the second she comes into her own, she begins to decline, because she begins to age. Aging is every beautiful woman’s kryptonite. And so, yes, it’s ridiculous and no, you don’t have much time and of course it’s not fair. Those three statements are the essence of beauty.

  Paul Rudnick

  Beautiful, Essence, Kryptonite

  Paul Rudnick (2013). “Gorgeous”, p.57, Scholastic Inc.

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• A flash of resentment. It's hard enough being alive, trying to survive in the world and find your place in it, to do the things you need to do to get by, without wondering if the thing you just did, whatever it was, was worth someone having...if not died, then having given up her life. It wasn't fair. "Life's not fair," said Ginnie, as if I had spoken aloud.

  Neil Gaiman

  Trying, Needs, Alive

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