He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn’t ever quit.
– Megan Whalen Turner
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- Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment. – Franois de La Rochefoucauld
- Complaining is a vain way of explaining pain without gaining relief. Keep complains distances away from you. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Nice mix of Tory MPs saying this issue shouldn’t be used for petty political pointscoring, & Tory MPs trying to score petty political points. – Andy Zaltzman
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- Something is reflecting our thoughts back to us in obvious and not so obvious ways. – Bryant McGill
- Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord builds the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. – Anonymous
- Dying in vain isn’t really all that bad since nearly everyone does it. It’s the living in vain you really have to watch out for. – Ross Thomas
- No one whines like a vampire forced to deal with some minor unpleasantness. – Tori Centanni
- No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- They’re not chicks. They’re ducks. – Lauren Myracle
- We’re all hunters in my family, you know. Deer, ducks-¦damsels. – Nenia Campbell
- Why try to have pigs flyWhen ducks already can – Ella C
- You cannot find comfort in ducks.Stoop to look into those beady brown eyes, and they will tell you no – Virginia Graham
- Those who win never quit.Those who quit never win. – Roy T Bennett
- When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself. – Amit Kalantri
- I could’ve quit long ago, but there wouldn’t be nothing to quit to, unless I was ready to commit suicide. – James JeanPierre
- When I was 30, I used to wonder when I was going to quit playing. Use disorder worry about it. Now, I know I’m never going to quit. – Davis Miller
- Never quit on your dream, but learn to cut your losses and quit your plan if it is not working. – Ken Poirot
- Don’t quit because it’s hard. Quit because it’s not hard enough – Yoan Alexandrov
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- Meeting her was luck.Knowing her was maddening.Loving her is destiny. – Ravikant Mahto
- She was perfect, pure maddening sex, and she knew it, and she played on it, dripped it, and allowed you to suffer for it. – Charles Bukowski
- Far from the maddening crowds,Love leaves a trail;If you take my name, I shall comeLeaving behind all my veils! – Neelam Saxena Chandra
- Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God’s maddening, disruptive, creativity. – M Craig Barnes
- There is something maddening about mediocrity that calls forth the worst in those who are forced to deal with it. – Moss Hart
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