Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.
For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it’s like they just get worse or something over time. And then you’re really jealous of movie directors whose careers seem to grow and they’ll be 70 years old and still doing these incredible jobs. I’m going to reverse that, I hope.
Feeling jealous doesn’t make you a terrible person.
Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
I find it hard to believe that people can be jealous of other people’s success.
My family went Intellivision instead of Atari. I would go over to my friends’ houses to play their Ataris and was so jealous of that. I don’t remember them ever being jealous that I had the Intellivision.
I’ve been on Letterman a couple of times. I’ve been on Leno more than a couple times, and now Letterman hates me because I’ve been on Leno more than him. They’re very jealous of one another, as you know.
I’m not an athlete dater, really. I would get too jealous. They’re really gone all the time. Different hotel rooms.
As long as you have a plan for how you’ll live, don’t let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.
You know, sometimes you’re jealous of other people and their achievements, and you wanna be that person, but I’ve come to realize that each individual on this planet has his own path.
I was improving in the sport at age 10, 11, when I was getting my triple jumps – and it was suddenly very isolating. I was doing really well in competitions, and it felt strange because people that were my friends became almost jealous.
I think it’s okay to feel jealous, but it’s how you deal with it that’s the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It’s not a competition.
The storyboard department doesn’t talk to the layout department, which doesn’t talk to the writing department. They’re all jealous of each other.
I used to get really jealous of Ron Howard as Opie on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ – we were the same age. I would just think, ‘God, that little kid can work, and I can’t!’
I don’t know how many times I literally hear this. It’s the worst pun in the world from some idiotic frat guy. It’s like, ‘You must be ‘Jealous’ of Nick!’ Constantly! It’s like, why? He’s doing his thing. I’m doing mine! He’s happy. I’m happy.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
I’ve never been jealous of anybody’s success. I’ve been flummoxed by it because I don’t understand it, but I’m not jealous of it.
I’m looking forward to the fighting with no headgear – I’m jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.
I married a man who was jealous about everything. If I got enthusiastic about a book, about a flower, about a place, about a human being – jealous. ‘Don’t do it! Stop.’ It was depressing, and I couldn’t take it.
Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
I can give you a ‘Selfish,’ and I can still come give you, like, a ‘Jealous.’ I’m coming from the streets, but I can still give you personal situations and relationships that I’ve been in with females. You just never know; I’m just coming different.
We didn’t get along, me and Bill Murray. But I’ve got to give it to him: I don’t like him, but he makes me laugh even now. I’m also jealous that he’s a better golfer than I am.
We want to change the way that women think about each other so that they can respect each other’s strengths and be more of a team rather than put each other down and be catty, jealous.
When the planes crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, Bush immediately identified what he thought was the true cause. It was because the Muslims were jealous of the freedom of the American people. It was because the Muslims were poor. This exposes a lack of understanding of things on his part.
If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don’t be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never stop reading. Never stop learning speeches. It will fill you up – define and refine you.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth.
There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.
Growing up I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup in school, so all my friends would have like lipstick and eyeliner on, and I wasn’t allowed to. So I was always jealous.
I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
I always get jealous when I’m in London because the men are so well put together. They wear suits with shoes and ties that have splashes of colour here and there.
Dead fish don’t swim around in jealous tides.
14th- and 15th-century drawings are almost unheard-of – and as a result, they generate jealous desire among dealers and curators. Museums in particular value rarity and pedigree more than attractiveness.
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
I was never jealous of my best friend. But I was envious of his talent. I had achieved my ambition of being in a band and playing live and I wanted him to go on and realize his talent as much as he did.
I’ve been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it.
I fancy all the Disney princes, obviously. I also fancy some objects and animals that are in Disney films, like the French Candlestick from ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ and I used to be slightly jealous of the feather duster that he used to slightly get off with.
I was always jealous of something getting more attention.
I’m very jealous of my daughter’s education. She’s been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager.
I work so hard, even Donna Summer would be jealous.
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Photography has become a small world with so many jealous people. You do a story and then a lot of people try to do the same thing.
The type of person I am, I mean, I’m fairly jealous.
I remember when I saw ‘X-Men’ the first time, I was living in England as an exchange student, and my first boyfriend, who’s an Englishman, made me watch the movie… He was very jealous that I liked Hugh Jackman so much.
I was kind of a MySpace kid in high school, and people thought since I had so many MySpace friends that they didn’t need to be nice to me in real life. They were like, ‘You get enough attention online,’ or they were jealous or something. I don’t really know.
You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant, and I ignore the paranoid. If the shoe fits anyone, wear it.
I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.
The Victoria’s Secret fashion shows? I’ve always detested them. Not only because they made me feel insanely jealous of the utter magnificence of the models, but also because I couldn’t stop myself falling for the fantasy.
When I was younger, I always saw my friends with their mothers and fathers and felt a little jealous of them for having a father close by.
We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.
All the people love L.A. All my friends are jealous because I am here.
I can’t watch ‘Glee’ because I get so jealous that I’m not there with them doing it that I can’t even watch.
I’ve been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can’t when you’re in the middle of it.
I don’t get jealous – I get suspicious.
I don’t get jealous of other girls, because I was… raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact that my I.Q.’s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about.
You’re going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That’s how it is.
