Andrew Flintoff Quotes

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.

Envy is human nature.

No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we hadn't taken. Envy is frequently corrosive and destructive.

I'm sure that it's a universal experience, but I wonder if it gets exacerbated more in Los Angeles, where people are constantly looking over at the other people, going, 'Why don't I have that? I want that. Their table looks warmer.'

Being jealous of a friend doesn't mean you hate her or wish her ill.

American society [...] not only sanctions gross and unfair relations among men, but it encourages them. Now, can that be denied? No. Rivalry, competition, envy, jealousy, all that is malignant in human character is nourished by the system. Possession, money, property--on such corrupt standards as these do you people measure happiness and success.

I mean people -- people don't get -- they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is, and he's doing these things, you know, and he's getting rich, and your spouse is getting unhappy with you because you aren't doing -- pretty soon you start doing it. And so you get what I call the natural progression, the three Is. The innovators, the imitators, and the idiots.

The Superclass tries to promote its values. Ordinary people complain of divine injustice, they envy power, and it pains them to see others having fun. They don’t understand that no one is having fun, that everyone is worried and insecure, and that what the jewels, cars, and fat wallets conceal is a huge inferiority complex.

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

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

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

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

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.

I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

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.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.