Quotes About Frustration

When you think about it, we sold about 120 million records, which relates to about £1.2 billion in the U.K. economy. We've seen very little of that.

One reason I was so convinced that Redfin would work was that I never met anyone who bought or sold a home who thought the process was ideal.

Music for me, it's pretty annoying, because I've never had a successful solo career and it bugs me.

When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this small indie label Just Music, they'd gotten no real profile. So I kind of turned away from the solo thing a bit.

When a locked-room mystery doesn't work, the solution makes you groan, and the book gets hurled across the room.

I'm not truly convinced solutions are coming out of Washington.

There is a growing frustration that the EU is seen as something that is done to people rather than acting on their behalf. And this is being intensified by the very solutions required to resolve the economic problems.

Academy Awards don't really solve anything.

I knew I couldn't solve it. Because I couldn't figure out what made her drink when things were going well.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

I don't typically have a social life, I don't have a family, and I will stay up all night, every night, for days on end, to solve something that I think is solvable. And it's very frustrating sometimes, because I know that I'm like that, and it's not always a positive result.

In 2011, when we launched TransferWise, it was our frustration with banks not giving us what we wanted or needed as customers. The motivation was a strong desire to solve a problem and not just fix something that was broken but create a better alternative and a new system for doing things.

I believe I can solve others' problems. It's great when it works, but for the most part, it's very unappealing.

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

I have this ridiculous chip on my shoulder, having been a dancer, that I feel like I really ought to be able to do everything myself - but there are some things I very clearly cannot.

One of the hard lessons to learn in life is that there are some things you can control and some things you can't. If you want a short recipe for being frustrated and miserable, this is it: focus on things you can't control.

As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about some of the things we have done.

Somehow I seem to have been gently bypassed as a serious actor.

A frustration I have is that a lot of people increasingly seem to equate an advertising business model with somehow being out of alignment with your customers. I think it's the most ridiculous concept.

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.

After 2000 or so, I started to realize I wanted to be doing something else. I didn't want to be in front of a camera. I was frustrated. I didn't think I would stop acting, but I didn't want to be seen.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

Oh hell." He gasped, his back arching, his balls drawing up painfully tight. "Don't make me come too quickly.