Irritating – Quotes

After all it is

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. Evelyn Underhill

Freedom released the energies

Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading. Eric Hoffer

If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. – Epictetus

I’m not meant to

I’m not meant to run around trees. I can’t throw my arms in the air and sing, I find that boring and irritating. Sweet romcoms are not my cup of tea. The film has to be a little twisted and quirky. Emraan Hashmi

Traveling is irritating to

Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just take a leisurely drive, it’s blue skies and puffy clouds and time. Edward Ruscha

This is the theory…

This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating. Edward Gorey

Despite her cough, Rose

Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting a touch of melancholy. Also acceptable would be despair. Franny Billingsley

I enjoy irritating the

I enjoy irritating the people who enjoy being irritated. Frank Zappa

On this earth all

On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more … Read more

Television turned out to

Television turned out to be exactly as bad as the most irritating and pedantic intellectuals of the ’50s said it was going to be. Fran Lebowitz