Famous Quotes & Sayings

Samuel Johnson

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Robert Jordan

A jealous wife is like a hornets' nest in your mattress

Rodney Dangerfield

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

Robyn Hitchcock

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Willard Gaylin

Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.

Virginia Woolf

jealousy ... survives every other passion of mankind ...

William Graham Sumner

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land.

Stephenie Meyer

It was the first time I'd ever felt truly jealous of anyone else in my entire life.

Victoria Beckham

It's not healthy to be jealous.

Sacha Guitry

The others were only my wives. But you, my dear, will be my widow.

Storm Jameson

jealousy, the most hideous emotion any human being ever suffers, has nothing to do with the mind. Or not at first.

Sting

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

Mother Teresa

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

Pete Fountain

What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.

Rachel Field

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

Rabindranath Tagore

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders.

Shirley Bassey

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

Shaquille O'Neal

Jealous punks can't stop my dunks.

Leonard Nimoy

Frankly, I was extremely jealous of his scenes with Zoe Saldana and I think it's totally unfair that I never got to do that. I will never forgive the writers and the director, for having put me in this position, to have to be watching that, rather than participating.

Stephenie Meyer

Jealous, O’Shea?" "Actually… I am.

Stephenie Meyer

Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.

Natalie Goldberg

So writing is not just writing. It is also having a relationship with other writers. And don't be jealous, especially secretly. That's the worst kind. If someone writes something great, it's just more clarity in the world for all of us.

Sylvia Kristel

Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!

Sylvia Plath

Can a selfish egocentric jealous and unimaginative female write a damn thing worthwhile?

Sylvia Plath

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

Swami Vivekananda

Have charity towards all beings. Pity those who are in distress. Love all creatures. Do not be jealous of anyone. Look not to the faults of others.

Rupert Everett

It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy.

Steve Allen

There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the sinful pagans but even on his Chosen People fire, lighting, hideous plagues and diseases, brimstone, and other curses.

Scott Weiland

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Steven Pinker

Gossip is certainly one of the things that language is useful for, because it's always handy to know who needs a favor, who can offer a favor, who's available, who's under the protection of a jealous spouse. And being the first to get a piece of gossip is like engaging in insider trading: You can capitalize on an opportunity before anyone else can.

Robert Burns

On Earth, Discord! A gloomy Heaven above, opening her jealous gates to the nineteen thousandth part of the tithe of mankind! And below, an inescapable & inexorable Hell, expanding its leviathan jaws for the vast residue of Mortals!

Robbie Williams

Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.

Ricky Williams

To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear.