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“I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.”

Ifs Reason Complaining Tunes No Reason Organs Secretary Monkeys Attacking Grinder

Author:Aneurin Bevan

“The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it.”

Feels Moving Used Culture Aim Complaining Idiot Meaningless Fluffy

Author:Susan Faludi

“When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: "It is the trade entering his body." Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the universe, the order and beauty of the world, and the obedience of God that are entering our body.”

World Body Pain Order Universe Hurt Expression Fine Trade Tired Complaining Obedience Entering Peasants Apprentice Workmen Beauty Of The World

Author:Simone Weil

“If I ever complain to an agent about anything, he always has a pained look on his face, like, "How can you be so ungrateful? Why, Mick, I just named my yacht after you!"”

Ifs Looks Funny Faces Humour Complaining Agents Ungrateful Yacht

Author:Mickey Rooney

“No matter who causes you grief, take your complaints to the meditation room, where your real friend is. In addition to your husband or wife, you should have a friend - and that friend should be God. Even if your husband or wife makes you unhappy, tell that to God, and not to anyone else. If your neighbor picks a fight with you, go to the meditation room and complain, 'Why did you let him treat me like that? Weren't you with me?' Open your heart and tell God everything. Then it becomes a satsang.”

“I have indeed lived and worked to my taste either in art or science. What more could a man desire? Knowledge has always been my goal. There is much that I shall leave behind undone...but something at least I was privileged to leave for the world to use, if it so intends...As the Latin poet said I will leave the table of the living like a guest who has eaten his fill. Yes, if I had another life to spend, I certainly would not waste it. But that cannot be, so why complain?”

Ifs Men World Art Said Use Science Desire Goal Behinds Poet Taste Waste Tables Complaining Latin Guests Privileged Biographies Undone Another Life

Author:Leon Croizat

“I was the one with all the glory, while you were the one with all the strength. Only a face without a name, and I never once heard you complain.”

Faces Names Friendship Heard Glory Complaining

Author:Gary Morris

“Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.”

Virtue Patience Burden Complaining Ass

Author:George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

“I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country.”

I Can Country Nice Complaining Gorgeous Really Nice Great Family Nice Life

Author:Mary Decker

“Never explain, never complain.”

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Author:Wallis Simpson

“People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on TV and you assume they're not working but they are.”

People Thinking Cases Tvs Assuming Complaining Restaurants Chef

Author:Michael Symon

“I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working.”

Hours Complaining

Author:Victoria Justice

“Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.”

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Author:Julian Baggini

“Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are but just accept the fact. Complaint occurs when we refuse to accept that things are wrong and we do something about it, even if that something is simply articulating our unease.”

People Ifs Facts Opportunity Accepting Refuse Complaining Unhappy Complaints Articulating

Author:Julian Baggini

“I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.”

I Can Hard Actors Complaining Staying Making A Living

Author:Morena Baccarin

“If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face.”

Ifs Should Children Faces Complaining Idolized

Author:Elizabeth Banks

“The Democrats complain; I choose to compete.”

Democrat Complaining

Author:Jan Brewer

“If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.”

People Ifs Gay Complaining Italian Stereotype Gay People Italian American

Author:Jason Bateman

“No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.”

People Dream Position Hollywood Complaining

Author:Yasmine Bleeth

“Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.”

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Author:Chris Christie

“Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.”

People Knows Men I Can Worry Honest India Corruption Complaining

Author:Aravind Adiga

“Does it bother me that I'm attached to 'Three's Company' 30 years after? Not at all. All we were trying to do was be funny. How can I complain? That's all I wanted to do.”

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Author:Joyce DeWitt

“I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and everybody in my band's had a really good life, none of us have got anything to complain about at all.”

Thinking Has Beens Growing Up Growing Band Complaining Good Life Phish Really Good Life

Author:Jon Fishman

“Most 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.”

Used Guy Bits Towns Meetings Complaining Halls

Author:Russ Feingold

“I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight.”

Feels Should Might Hate Should Have Complaining Flight Airports Cattle Aisle Queues

Author:Len Goodman

“There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.”

One Thing Complaining

Author:Marla Gibbs

“When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.”

People Thinking Young Effects Fashion Come Up Complaining Heyday

Author:M. H. Abrams

“Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.”

Want Stills Reader Taste Models Complaining Newspapers Circulation Business Models Public Trust

Author:Marc Andreessen

“Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?”

Ifs Giving Jobs Natural Strange Complaining Interviews Performers What You Love Giving In

Author:Monica Ali

“[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I know how to eat, how to exercise, keep my blood circulating. ... I don't worry. I don't get angry at people. I don't worry about things I can't help. I do what I can to make the world a better place to live, but I don't complain if things aren't right. As a scientist I take the world as I find it.”

“For 'wellness', naturally, is no cause for complaint - people relish it, they enjoy it, they are at the furthest pole from complaint. People complain of feeling ill - not well ... Thus, though a patient will scarcely complain of being 'very well', they may become suspicious if they feel 'too well'.”

People Ifs Feels Wells May Feelings Causes Enjoy Health Patient Ill Complaining Wellness Complaints Suspicious Relish

Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

Source: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

“Keep on complaining about slavery and that was over 40 to 50 years ago. You know, black folks need to move on.”

Knows Needs Years Moving Politics Black Years Ago Slavery Folks Complaining Need To Move On

Author:Ludacris

“Must be nice to be a Republican senator sometimes, because you get the fun of breaking sh*t and the joy of complaining the sh*t you just broke doesn't work.”

Sometimes Joy Fun Nice Republican Complaining Broke Being Nice Senators

Author:Jon Stewart

“The pressures, I don't really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about pressures but nobody wants to hear about pressures.”

Thinking Knows Want Mean Pressure Solve Complaining

Author:Rick Danko

“Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.”

People Ifs Problem Stuff Industry Complaining Distribution Music Industry Availability Downloads Bandwidth

Author:Dan Farmer

“In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer.”

Feels Mind Heart Long Enough Havens My Heart Okay Complaining

Author:Freddy Fender

“I'm extremely, extremely lucky to be who I am and do what I do and work with the people I work with. Even though I can always find something to complain about, I find it very hard to complain.”

People I Can Hard Lucky Complaining Who I Am

Author:Paul Feig

“Sitcom hours are silly easy compared to drama. Whenever an actor on a sitcom complains, I feel like smacking them!”

Feels Actors Easy Hours Drama Complaining Silly Sitcom

Author:Tricia Helfer

“I get to stay active and that is my job at the moment, so I can't complain.”

I Can Moments Jobs Active Complaining

Author:Chris Hemsworth

“Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.”

People Giving Wells Asks Congress Complaining

Author:Bob Inglis

“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.”

Kind America Forget Behinds Liberty Economic Constitution Institutions Complaining Vain Flags Blindness Dissent Allegiance

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining, because I'm free, nothing's worrying me.”

Philosophy Worry Rain Complaining

Author:B. J. Thomas

“No use complaining, don't you worry, don't you wine. Cause if you get it wrong, you'll get it right next time.”

Ifs Philosophy Use Next Causes Worry Wine Complaining Next Time

Author:Gerry Rafferty

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