To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.
My grandmother always used to tell me, if I had a problem, I was only allowed to complain for one second. Then I had to take action.
A lot of fighters complain, ‘Man he’s five pounds heavier than me.’ Really? It doesn’t matter, man.
I get to stay active and that is my job at the moment, so I can’t complain.
Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.
I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.
Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all-in. In my most trying moments with managers I liked the least, I did not give up, complain, or slack off.
You can’t complain about your dressing room or you’ll look like Celine Dion.
The rules of comedy are, don’t complain, it’s a brilliant job. You complain, and you’re seen as losing touch with reality.
Complaining not only ruins everybody else’s day, it ruins the complainer’s day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.
I always complain.
So, Hitchcock wouldn’t say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn’t complain, either.
I don’t know if I’ll end up being a top player or not. But I’ll be working hard to achieve that and I wouldn’t complain if it happened. I just have to keep going and see where it takes me.
I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don’t like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won’t have anything to complain about.
I don’t sell myself. I’ve never explained my comedy to people who don’t get it. Never complain. Never explain.
Many of the people I work with that are half my age complain that they feel tired all the time. I tell them: ‘Look at what you’re eating, how much you are exercising, and how much sleep you are getting.’
When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn’t make you protester – that just makes you a whiner.
I’ll go do films for three or four months and then I can’t wait to go home to LA. And I complain about LA left and right, but then I always end up wanting to go home, you know?
We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.
The pressures, I don’t really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about pressures but nobody wants to hear about pressures.
I have so much chaos in my life, it’s become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they’re wrong.
Even I had a lull period in between when I was sitting at my home without work for a year and a half. There was a time when I did not know whether my film will be made or not. I had no clue back then, but I did not sit and complain.
I can never complain about the situation that I’m in. I try to put everything into perspective.
Who can complain about the price that Google is charging you? Or who can complain about Amazon’s prices; they are simply lower than the competition’s. And that’s why I think we need to shift back to a more Brandeisian conception of antitrust, where we consider values other than simply efficiency and low prices.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.
Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency – and don’t complain about the heat.
I think all actors, when they’re not working, say, ‘If I can get to this point where I’m working on a consistent basis, I’ll be happy.’ Of course, then, if that happens for you, and you’re lucky, you find some other reason to complain. There’s a joke: ‘If you want to hear an actor complain, give him a job.’
In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.
People always complain that superhero movies end with a big fight scene where they’re tearing up a city, and there’s a portal opening up, and they have to close it… I wanted to have a climactic scene that subverted those familiar ideas.
Parents of adolescents often complain that they cancel all plans to spend time with their kids, who end up giving them a few distracted minutes before they rush off to meet their friends. My advice to you? Don’t cancel your plans. Your time should be respected as well as theirs.
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
I’ve worked in this business long enough that I know people who complain, like, ‘My character does this, and my character does that,’ and I think it’s just ego talking.
If you’re lucky enough to find success at a job that you love then I don’t think you have much right to complain, to be honest.
I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.
Nobody wants to hear an actor complain about too much work – especially other actors.
Here’s the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they’ll give us more stuff. Everything’s beta right now. Everything’s experimental. They really don’t know what people want.
Basically with everything, I choose my criteria based on what can be easy. If I made the real world the setting, I’d have to draw looking at reference materials for stuff like buildings and vehicles. When you do that, people complain even if it’s just a little bit off.
People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
It is no use to grumble and complain; It’s just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain – Why, rain’s my choice.
Who is happy with his appearance? I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!
Seven years I worked in landscaping. It was a good job, I don’t complain. I liked going out to different houses every day, traveling.
My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first!
The public’s perception of your show is what it is, and you don’t get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
I have learnt that life is full of ups and downs. And even though I’ve had rough times, I can’t complain.
I make a living playing rock n’ roll. I’m not going to complain about anything.
I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don’t take the part if you feel like it’s a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don’t have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.
My parents didn’t have the opportunities they would have liked, but they didn’t complain about that because they thought they were part of a society where the next generation would have those opportunities.
Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.
‘Shun security,’ I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. ‘Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn’t agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.’
I mean, in all fairness, in the grand scheme of things, if the greatest inconvenience of my life is that sometimes people want a photo or a chat, then that’s extraordinarily lucky. It really bothers me when actors complain about it.
There are a lot of women at my gigs. The first show I headlined was a sea of women, which I can’t complain about. I’m pleased these 18-year-old girls like my music.
You can’t please everyone. When you’re too focused on living up to other people’s standards, you aren’t spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it’s all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!
Why don’t we actually fight for a woman’s right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes – their fathers, husbands, brothers – to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.
I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside.
