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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
Michel de MontaigneA man must have something to grumble about; and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
Anne BronteTill people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain
Jonathan MayhewHaven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem
Paulo CoelhoDiscourse about motherhood is chillingly narrow-minded. It's a tool the patriarchy uses, of course. So people complain about their kids or they complain about the pain of birth or they make motherhood kitschy, Mother's Day-y.
Samantha HuntMy mom worked in restaurants for 60 years, and what I learned from her is a lot. But if I had to boil it down, take your work very seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously. Work harder than everyone else and never complain about it. Don't go to bed if you're not proud of the product of your day; stay awake until you are.
Rachael RaySo when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didnโt complain. It was normal.
Bernhard LangerThere is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what's dead. It wonโt complain.
Jeanette WintersonSo, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either.
Kim NovakWhat you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
Maya Angelou(after listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember) Crows canโt hang with eagles.
Joel OsteenWe've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick.
Jay LenoNo, you are not to complain or question who you are, but instead, grow, reaching for the light that's inside you.
Victor VillasenorTo get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.
Patton OswaltWe may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.
Jacques BarzunMost of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.
Russ FeingoldI understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.
Sparky AndersonI absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the world.
Malachy McCourtWhen things aren't going well, I complain a lot and get depressed. I whine and I eat and I go to sleep. I do all kinds of things. And if I'm smart, I'll go and clean out a drawer or a closet or go and pay my bills. I do get myself into situations where I'm not happy with what's going on. But you just have to wait it out and have faith that that dry well will fill up again.
Mary Ann HobermanUntil you've lived through all that," he said, "don't you ever complain about what we have. Because to me... to me..." He choked on the words, but he barely paused before he continued. "This - us - is heaven. I can't bear to hear you say otherwise.
Julia QuinnDid I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to please...It's easier to complain than to laugh, easier to yell than to joke around, easier to be demanding than to be satisfied.
Gretchen RubinWhen we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.
Joyce MeyerI'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.
Anthony KiedisIt is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
H. P. LovecraftIt is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of our epoch is a profound laziness and fatigue; and the fact is that the real laziness is the cause of the apparent bustle.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhen I write my annual tax column, some ex-IRS agent will complain, "There you go IRS bashing again." They're always saying that they're just doing their job. Someone I know once said, "You could get another job."
Dave BarryThose who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.
James Anthony FroudeYou just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.
Gena RowlandsYou can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal.
Avril LavigneThose who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.
Napoleon HillThe future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
Barack ObamaWhen you get old, everything changes - your body changes, your family changes. You can't do what you've always done, anymore. And, either you can complain about things changing - or you can be content. Instead of complaining, you can say: "Oh, yesss! Look at all this change!" You can welcome it.
Ram DassI`ve had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this I am by no means overlooking the rough and rocky years I`ve lived through. But I was not brought up thinking life would be easy. I always expected to work hard for my money and to get nothing I did not earn. And the bad years, it seems to me, were so few that only a dyed-in-the-wool grouch who enjoys feeling sorry for himself would complain.
Buster KeatonWhy dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.
Michel de MontaigneWhen I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.
Anthony BourdainWomen's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.
Ann LandersComrade Blade Nzimande is complaining that EFF stole the โred colourโ, he does not have a copyright on the โred colourโ. Thereโs nothing we can steal from him because he has nothing but that skuurpot (pot scourer) face of his. Why didnโt he complain when Vodacom was red?
Julius MalemaBesides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.
Richelle MeadIt used to be that conservatives who were in government, like myself, we would get what we felt was unfair coverage, we'd go home, we would grumble, we would complain about it, but we actually wouldn't say anything to the reporter or to the reporters while they're asking us additional questions.
Kris KobachWhat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that they in any way want to emulate their characters which, in fact, they despise. Both the poor and the rich have always found precisely the same grounds on which to complain about each other. Each feels the other has no manners, is disloyal, corrupt, insensitive - and has never put in an honest day's work in its life.
Elaine Dundy