39 Quotes About Annoyance

There are many things around us in life that create nuisances and annoyances. These quotes about annoyance capture the essence of this unwanted feeling.

“Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn’t.”

“Everything we say has meta messages indicating how our words are to be interpreted: Is this a serious statement or a joke? Does it show annoyance or goodwill?”

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

“From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left.”

“I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.”

“I am proud, but I’m annoyed with myself for not believing in myself enough.”

“I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren’t remembered for anything. I don’t mind that.”

“I don’t really have any traits that I deplore. I get annoyed with myself sometimes, but that’s about it.”

“I don’t stay in my trailer. I like to sit in video village, probably to the annoyance of some producers and directors, because they really love to talk about actors, and they can’t in front of me.”

“I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.”

“I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don’t agree with me.”

“I love my last-minute lifestyle because I just sort of don’t have plans, and things kind of happen. Plans make me annoyed a little bit, personally. I’m not the most prompt, on-time person.”

“I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they’re annoyed. You can tell whether they’re scared.”

“I seem to be constantly confronted by theater professionals who are more or less annoyed by the prospect of structure.”

“I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration for others, and peace of mind. Instead, I’m a fury of annoyance.”

“I think I’ve always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I’m doing something that everybody else is doing.”

“I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.”

“If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I’m kind of annoyed that I’m not.”

“If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.”

“I’m always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else’s contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we’re demons.”

“I’m intensely private, and I’ve openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi.”

“In my life outdoors, I’ve observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area infested with biting insects. They would rather be annoyed by the wind than bitten.”

“It’s like there’s some unwritten rule that if you’re mates, you can say what you want to each other, and you don’t really get that annoyed about it.”

“My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter.”

“My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.”

“My mind wanders terribly. I’m not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative thought, but it doesn’t help when it comes to concentration. And writing needs concentration – lots of it.”

“Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.”

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

“Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.”

“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”

“Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York… it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.”

“Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.”

“The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.”

“The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching.”

“The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.”

“Trolling taps into people’s desire to poke fun, make trouble and cause annoyance.”

“When daughters react with annoyance or even anger at the smallest, seemingly innocent remarks, mothers get the feeling that talking to their daughters can be like walking on eggshells: they have to watch every word.”

“When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life.”

“When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab, you really see a marvelous machine: arguably the most sophisticated flying device on the planet.”

There are various ways to deal with annoying people.