“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them”
Susan Sontag
“Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied”
Mark Twain
“When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.”
Seneca
“I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.”
Oscar Levant
“It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.”
Marilyn Monroe
“I don't envy the driver and I don't think the American people will care to ride in his bus very far.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
“Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.”
Iris Murdoch