Quotes About Envy

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

You will never see Lil Wayne in New Orleans. You will never see those type of guys in New Orleans because the hate and the jealousy is that real and it's that overwhelming.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

I wish I wrote 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.

If I would have planned it, I would have had what Gosling has, that kind of art-house career.

Players don't usually like anybody who makes more money than they do.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.

Yeah, I think when you don't make it to the playoffs and you're watching those games, I think there's envy in every game you watch.

Whether couched in terms of envy, admiration, or derision, celebrity fascination begins as an exercise in imagining what it would be like to lead a more carefree and pleasurable life.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

I envy poets because nobody ever asks them if it's true or false.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

I felt envious of the cleaners cleaning the Kaaba. They got a chance to stay close to God and clean the house of God.

I'd behave savagely if I had access to Bjoerk's closet.

Comics don't like to see other comics do well.

We are bred to compare ourselves to the next person, to what they have and what they have accomplished.

Nobody wants to hear an actor complain about too much work - especially other actors.

If I was confronted with some 20-year-old American hotshot, I'd hate him.

My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.

There is a lot of envy, there is a lot of flak that we as children of the industry get for what we may have achieved or not achieved. We're under constant surveillance.

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

I don't get jealous - I get suspicious.