Quotes About Jealousy

As a result of that, and as a result of friendship, I don't think we've ever been competitive. I mean, there's probably a very good reason Hunter [S. Thompson] isn't jealous of me.

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.

Everything they say about Elvis today is true. He was just one great guy. He wasn't jealous of anyone. I would say Elvis was really someone special when you add it all up.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.

Happiness is seeing the muscular lifeguard all the girls were admiring leave the beach hand in hand with another muscular lifeguard.

Happiness is when you see your husband's old girlfriend and she's fatter than you.

Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of selfpity and pain.

I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.

Some people wish they were as happy as or happy like some people think they are.

. . . they would neither hate nor envy us if they did not deem us so much happier than themselves.

God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from the ash a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.

Pride avarice and envy are in every home.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.

I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

You had to stand in line to hate him.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

I can remember staring at the orphanage and feeling envy.