No one likes to be typecast, but I would like to believe that the attention I get is for my acting, but at the same time, darn it, if I get to keep playing the handsome, smart guy, then that’s also a blessing, and it’s the last thing I would complain about.
If one is satisfied with things, one doesn’t complain about the downsides that exist, either.
Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it’s too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is a careful political actor that arguably represents the center of gravity of American politics better than most politicians do.
Somebody can’t complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.
I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.
Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever seems to do anything about it.
I think if you do a lot of interviews, you’re laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can’t really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.
The poet complains or points out the discontent that lies at the heart of man, the individual man, and how can that be redeemed?
I was quite shy when I was younger, but I’m not one of those people who can complain of a bad childhood or any trauma. There was none in my life. I had a wonderfully happy childhood.
People will always complain about everything.
There’s a few bands that I always read about that complain about everything: the travel, the fans… you know they could be working a 9-to-5 job. They should get out if they don’t like it. They should just get out. It’s quite easy.
I see some people complain about Dana; I’ve got no complaints about Dana.
I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don’t like it. I don’t think of it as work. I love it all.
I don’t think I’m really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.
Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I’m very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don’t want to be the sexy girl forever. I’m not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.
I’ve got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.
I think it’s straight men who are oblivious to goodness or badness to dates. That’s probably unfair. Maybe they just don’t complain as much.
When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it’s been a great life. I can’t complain.
I chose to share my life online, so I can’t really complain about it. There’s not much that’s off limits.
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude… Don’t complain; just work harder… Never give up.
Life is too short and too sweet to complain about the silly things.
A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.
We want to gently remind people that we don’t have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don’t take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.
Never complain and never explain.
Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.
If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday, then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.
Life is too short and too sweet to complain about the silly things.
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
Gradually, I developed opinions about food, and my French friends taught me that you have to complain in a restaurant.
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
I would never complain about ‘One Day’ taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.
Savvy observers occasionally note television’s resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.
Well, there’s this culture on Instagram where everyone uses filters and lighting, or people smooth their skin out. It’s this weird thing. We all know it’s not real and we all complain about it, yet we all do it.
It’s hard to complain when you say, ‘We’re gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on ‘Saturday Night Live’ making fun of your song.’
So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn’t complain. It was normal.
Franco will bring the army from Castille. The ambassador will complain, causing a schism. Rivera’s men will be part of the force. The great man will be denied entry to the gulf.
It’s so much easier to complain about something than celebrate it.
If I get a hangnail, I don’t dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.
I have nothing to complain about, but it was new for me to figure out how to balance being the best at my job, and also as a woman, to be a good friend, girlfriend, daughter, and all of the things away from my job that are important to me.
Being a swimsuit model that talks so much on Twitter… everyone thinks that I could definitely pull back. You kind of open yourself up to all the criticism. That’s definitely a big downside to this whole world. How can you complain about people critiquing your body when you’re literally like, ‘Look at my body!’
We used to go to the pictures every Saturday night but we had to leave a little bit early and get home and watch Match of the Day – and my wife still complains she missed the last five minutes of every film we saw.
Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.
I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they’re doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
There’s not much to complain about in life – apart from bad Wi-Fi, of course!
And you can’t complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn’t that what everyone in the world wants to do? I’ve known Emma for a few years. She’s this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.
I say all the time when someone asks me how I am, ‘I woke up today, I’m alive.’ Basically meaning people complain about so much, but you know what… you’re alive. Some people don’t wake up.
I can’t complain. I’m making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.
People complain when ads aren’t relevant, and they complain when ads are too relevant.
You can’t complain about Sir Steve or Jill Halfpenny in ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’ But Michael Owen in 1998, that really does bother me.
I simply love coming to Chennai. My wife always complains, saying, ‘You literally run at the mention of Chennai – I wonder what it is about that place!’ I love how everyone is active here 24/7. Even at 5 A.M., there are people going about their day. Also, I love how respectful and polite Chennaiites are.
But all that being said about modulation, if you’re serving people delicious food, they won’t complain.
It takes incredible fortitude to keep on the road, even though it’s fun and it’s rewarding and you can’t complain – it’s just a great life – but, you know, it takes a lot of energy.
I’m extremely, extremely lucky to be who I am and do what I do and work with the people I work with. Even though I can always find something to complain about, I find it very hard to complain.
A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they’re translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we’re not in a book when we’re watching a movie.
As much as we complain about it, though, there’s part of us that is drawn to a hurried life. It makes us feel important. It keeps the adrenaline pumping. It means I don’t have to look too closely at my heart or life. It keeps us from feeling our loneliness.
I kid my friends who are golfers, and I say, ‘If you ever hear me complain, hit me in the butt with a putter’ because I have no reason to complain. Even on days when you don’t like what you see in the paper, I have no reason to complain.
