Jennifer Nettles Quotes

Comparisons are odious.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.

Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal.

No, but Liza took went and took away from me, possibly my livelihood.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

When are four women ever happy for another woman getting something they'd love to have? Tell me that.

There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.

I was so pretty, actresses didn't want to work with me.

It's easy in this world, in this business, to get caught up and get jealous of people.

To an extent, everyone is jealous of everyone.

People will find any reason not to give you credit for your success because, in their mind, your success is their failure.

I've seen material competitiveness destroy relationships in dressing rooms. People end up worrying about what someone else is earning and whether they're missing out.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.

I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.

Nice dress Zoey. It looks just like mine. Oh, wait! It used to be mine. Aphrodite laughed a throaty, I'm-so-grown-and-you're-just-a-kid laugh. I really hate it when girls do that.I mean, yes, she's older, but I have boobs, too.

He that cannot possibly mend his own case will do what he can to impair another's.