49 quotes found
“The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect.”
“In spite of his painful encounters with the world and its problems, Solomon does not recommend either pessimism or cynicism. Rather, he admonishes us to be realistic about life, accept God's gifts ...”
“Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank ...”
“Teain had no difficulty generating the indignation of a satirist. He lack the patience of a reformer.”
“If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.”
“It is an EVIL thing to be an expert in the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. We need to be experts in the strengths of our brothers and sisters.”
“Complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least.”
“When you say, Women are untrustworthy bitches. They lie and cheat and will nail anything that moves. Do you know what I hear from your lips? Listen now, for I shall tell you. I hear you speak these...”
“Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an acquaintance said: "Poor Matt, he's going to Heaven, no doubt but he won't like God.”
“This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?""To get a head sta...”
“Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.”
“He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.”
“She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.”
“Stop complaining, start contributing; stop crying, start smiling; and stop criticizing, start praising.”
“The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder...”
“There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say tha...”
“Live,Die,Kill but don't complain!”
“Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.”
“Those who complain most are most to be complained of.”
“The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.”
