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«There is always a secret irritation about a laugh in which we cannot join»
Author: Agnes Repplier
(Essayist, Writer)
| About:
Laughter
| Keywords:
irritation, irritations, Laugh In
«There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years.»
«Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a human being presents a more difficult problem. The rich might wish to experience feelings of affection, but it is almost impossible to chip away the enamel of their narcissism. They take up all the space in all the mirrors in the house. Their children, who represent the most present and therefore the most annoying claim on their attention, usually receive the brunt of their irritation.»
Author: Lewis H. Lapham
| Keywords:
brunt, chip, chip away, enamel, enameled, In the House, irritation, irritations, mirrors, presents, represent, shooting, take up
«I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation»
Author: Whoopi Goldberg
(Actress, Comedian, Singer)
| Keywords:
irritation, irritations, kennel, kennels, peeve, peeves, PET, pets
«The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.»
«Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion, throw-aways, bent noses, irritation and downright cursedness.»
Author: Leo Burnett
(Executive)
| About:
Advertising
| Keywords:
bent, confusion, downright, irritation, irritations, noses, rarely
«It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility. from The Scarlet Letter»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
continually, gradual, hostility, human process, impede, impeded, impedes, impeding, irritation, irritations, readily, scarlet, Scarlet Letter, selfishness, The Scarlet Letter, transformed
«Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
| About:
Misfortune
| Keywords:
arouses, arousing, ceases, especially, excite, irritation, irritations, misfortune, pity, prolonged, prolonging, prolongs, recited, recites, reciting, the point, to the point
«Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Humor
| Keywords:
cropped, crops, irritation, irritations, resentments, saving, slip, slip away, sunny
«Interruptions can be viewed as sources of irritation or opportunities for service, as moments lost or experience gained, as time wasted or horizons widened. They can annoy us or enrich us, get under our skin or give us a shot in the arm. Monopolize our minutes or spice our schedules, depending on our attitude toward them.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
| Keywords:
annoy, arm, depending, depending on, enrich, gained, horizons, interruptions, irritation, irritations, monopolize, monopolized, scheduled, schedules, scheduling, shot, sources, spice, spiced, viewed, widen, widened, widens
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