Envy Quotes (85 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Rachel Weisz
„I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.“
― Rachel Weisz ―
Picture of quotation author Carine Roitfeld
„In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.“
― Carine Roitfeld ―
Picture of quotation author William Mulholland
„I envy the dead.“
Picture of quotation author Oscar Levant
„I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.“
― Oscar Levant ―
Picture of quotation author Michael Koryta
„'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and it was different but it was also the same. 'So Cold the River,' I knew, was going to be really different, and that's why I thought about doing it as a novella under a pseudonym, because I didn't want to damage my career.“
― Michael Koryta ―
Picture of quotation author Tom Stoppard
„I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.“
― Tom Stoppard ―
Picture of quotation author Thomas Chandler Haliburton
„A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.“
Picture of quotation author Rabindranath Tagore
„The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.“
Picture of quotation author Susan Sontag
„I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.“
― Susan Sontag ―
Picture of quotation author Jim Rohn
„The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.“
― Jim Rohn ―
Picture of quotation author Lucius Annaeus Seneca
„When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.“
Picture of quotation author Simone Weil
„Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.“
― Simone Weil ―
Picture of quotation author Gary Oldman
„The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.“
― Gary Oldman ―
Picture of quotation author Mohsin Hamid
„Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little about: envy. The richest, most powerful country in the world attracts the jealousy of others in much the same way that the richest, most powerful man in a small town attracts the jealousy of others.“
― Mohsin Hamid ―
Picture of quotation author Rene Russo
„I envy my daughter's childhood.“
― Rene Russo ―
Picture of quotation author Heraclitus
„Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.“
― Heraclitus ―
Picture of quotation author Abraham Cowley
„This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.“
― Abraham Cowley ―
Picture of quotation author Allen West
„I'm tired of liberals dividing this country up into little groups, setting them upon each other, breeding spite and envy, and then having the nerve to accuse conservatives of hatred.“
― Allen West ―
Picture of quotation author Susanna Moodie
„Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.“
― Susanna Moodie ―
Picture of quotation author Thomas Browne
„Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.“
― Thomas Browne ―

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