Quotes of: Envy Keyword

Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a [person].

John Chrysostom

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

George Bancroft

I've always envied girls having Ugg boots, so when I found some for men, I had to have them.

Marc Warren

Some people suffer from the green-eyed monster called envy.

Ana Monnar

When I envied a man's spurs then they were indeed worth coveting.

Zane Grey

I envy all suffering, because suffering is necessary to become spiritually beautiful.

The Gargoyle

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

Killosophy

Hope was always creating pleasantly ideological, and therefore impossible things.

The Least Envied

Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

He had been dazzled. Because of the dazzling brightness, he had had to kill [Seigen]. All who had encountered Seigen had had their hearts stolen by that brightness. That envy had turned to malice.

Unknown

On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.

Griffin Dunne

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

The grass is yellow on both sides, envy turning on of them green.

Kaya Carvajal

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.

Richard Steele

I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.

Chris Wallace

If you stop for lunch elsewhere in the world, you tend to eat a sandwich, and a bad one. Italy is unique for the style of life. I think everyone envies it a bit.

Lapo Elkann

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.

Charles Krauthammer

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

Charley Reese

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

Irving Layton