#complaining

This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?" "To get a head start on the traffic," Bree said. "To get a head start on the traffic," Antonia agreed in indignation. "I mean, here we are, dancing and singing our little guts out, and all those folks want to do is get to bed early. I ask you, whatever happened to common courtesy? Whatever happened to decent manners? Doesn't anyone care about craft anymore? And on top of that, it's not even nice. ↗

— Mary Stanton

#disappointment #expectations #humor #performance #play

The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#aim #complaining #could #culture #even

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#faults #had #less #others #our

I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#around #boring #complaining #done #else

The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#complaining #having #hear #hear people #people

Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs. ↗

— Oliver Kahn

#arguing #complaining #concentrating #czechs #fully

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining? ↗

— George C. Wallace

#air force #been #bombers #bombing #complaining

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#about #being #comedy #complaining #feelings

A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#change

God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains. ↗

— George Sand

#god #sorrow #strength #courage