(262 quotes found)
“The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product. She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.”
John Berger
“I didn't envy the judges their task this year. Obviously the novel is far from dead.”
John Banville
“Be the stereotype and get cursed and ill-treated or be the difference amoungst yours peers and get envied.”
Osheane J Chambers
“If a spider were to envy a birds flight and start pinning away to be a bird he would find himself building a nest, because that’s what birds do. His web of intricate, geometric designs would never be and he would find himself tangled in his own misguided creation.”
Colleen Laukka
“If one tells you some things about another person, be aware that he will also tell another about you in the same manner.”
Maichee Summer
“Envy is like a two-headed serpent: it kills the enemy of its master, and its master.”
john b. bejo
“Getting 17 homes to all agree and pick a color. I don't envy you.”
John Petrashek
“They will all envy you if you are crazy!”
Ardit Balisha
“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.”
Fulton J. Sheen
“The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.”
Criss Jami
