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Quotes About Unwanted

Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.
~ James Nesbitt
Retraining for the precariat is stressful and demoralising; often, they learn new tricks only to find them obsolescent or unwanted.
~ Guy Standing
All kinds of gambling, from bingo to baccarat, are benign entertainment for most people, dangerously addictive to a few, and capable of breeding unwanted side effects for society.
~ Jacob Weisberg
Sometimes fans land up at my home. Some time ago an 80-year-old lady from Chandigarh came home and wrote off her property to me. I had to hire legal help to get rid of the unwanted gift.
~ Gurmeet Choudhary
I think something that escapes a lot of people is my entire career... I call myself the 'often unwanted' because when I got to Ring of Honor, I was told it was supposed to be one-off deal.
~ Samoa Joe
Nobody should feel like they can force themselves into your life how it suits them when it's toxic and unwanted.
~ Jessica Origliasso
It is a peculiar thing in life that the people you most particularly want to edge away from always seem to cluster round like a poultice.
~ p g wodehouse
It is the saddest spectacle in the world, that of the crowd collected by a 'Wanted' advertisement. They are so palpably not wanted by any one for any purpose whatsoever; yet every time they gather together with a sort of hopeful hopelessness.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
At home, American critics of that system, especially in the American Medical Association, had derided British "socialized medicine" as impossible and unwanted. But this was not true. It was extremely popular among all classes, all parties. While I was in England, even the Conservative party, girding
~ William L. Shirer
This first book's for everyone, though almost no one wants it or would know how to read it.
~ China Mieville
When I was born I was unwanted. When I married Charles I was unwanted. When I joined the Royal Family I was unwanted. I want to be wanted. —Diana, Princess of Wales
~ Christopher Andersen
Herman Cain was unaware that China is a nuclear power. And I said to myself, "Hey, Herman, how about making an unwanted advance on a history book?"
~ letterman david ii
I want to leave, go to some place where I will be really in my own niche, where I will fit in. . . . But my place is nowhere; I am unwanted, de trop. The
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
A healthy organization is one that has less politics and confusion, higher morale and productivity, lower unwanted turnover, and lower recruiting costs than an unhealthy one.
~ Patrick Lencioni
when the unwanted Guest Arrives i might be afraid i might be smile or say : my day was good let night fall
~ Paulo Coelho
Loneliness is only sweet to a man if it rids him of presences irksome and unwanted, and it is no longer sweet when the beloved presences are discovered.
~ Pearl S. Buck
The basic ground of compassionate action is the importance of working with rather than struggling against, and what I mean by that is working with your own unwanted, unacceptable stuff, so that when the unacceptable and unwanted appears out there, you relate to it based on having worked with loving-kindness for yourself. Then there is no condescension.
~ Pema Chodron
To waste! You are unknown and unwanted, save by me. This, because you are fairly adept at the various embalming arts and you occasionally compose a clever epitaph.
~ Roger Zelazny
I hate unsolicited wetness.
~ David Finch
I, he thinks, who am so soiled in life's battle, so seamed and scarred, so numb, so unwanted, so cold.
~ Hilary Mantel
You ought not to be here tonight, little ant
~ Holly Black
harassment is actually a sexualized form of bullying. Bullies use social or physical power to intimidate and demean others. Harassers put a sleazy spin on the same dynamic, simply deploying vulgar language and unwanted advances to accomplish the same end.
~ Unknown
It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience.
~ John Kapelos