Quotes About Comparison

She'd always been one of those girls who wanted what anyone else had, even if she didn't want it.

But I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they'd be bored as hell by me. It's a lonely way to go through life.

It's impossible to compete with the dead. I wished I could stop trying.

Why bother? It's impossible to compete with the dead.

I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history.

I don't know if anything can be any good anywhere, so it's hard to gauge if this is better or worse.

You think you can ever be a normal man again? You'll find a nice girl, and you'll still think of me, and you'll be so completely dissatisfied, trapped in your boring, normal life with your regular wife and your two average kids. You'll think of me and then you'll look at your wife, and you'll think: Dumb bitch.

It was about the worst outcome possible for my competitive wife: a town of contented also-rans.

Olen aina ollut parempi kuin Hopet; se joka selvisi hengissä. Silti olen aina, ihan aina ollut mustasukkainen seitsemälle tuonpuoleisessa tanssivalle prinsessalle. He ovat saavuttaneet täydellisyyden joutumatta yrittämään, olematta hetkeäkään olemassa, kun minä olen jumissa maankamaralla ja joudun yrittämään joka päivä, ja joka päivä saatan osoittautua puutteelliseksi.

Detta var i princip det värsta som skulle kunnat drabba min tävlingsinriktade hustru: ett samhälle med belåtna medelmåttor.

My guess is, six of one, half a dozen of the other. Crows

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

That's the whole point of being rich," I explain patiently. "What good is it if nobody's jealous?

Melody's not a serious gamer like me

There are smart phones and dumb phones. His is a rock.

It's cat food — it's for people like you!" Saladin

parents genuinely loved her—not like my dad

Bay Area Weekly just named me Silicon Valley's Number One Spoiled Brat. Remember, we're talking about California. Think of all the other spoiled brats I had to beat out for that title. Vlad always says I should aim for the best.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

I would not be surprised if elephants are more intelligent than human beings. After all, their heads are larger than ours, and the fact that they do not speak might well be an indication of superiority.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

For a man to successful, not only must he succeed but his friends must also fail.

When a friend succeeds a little something inside me dies.