Merely Annoying Quotes & Sayings

In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men. — Edward McKendree Bounds

In 1867, George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, had published The Reign of Law, a book that Darwin found deeply annoying. A supporter of Richard Owen, Campbell argued that while evolution (or "Development") might be observable in the fossil record, it was merely evidence of God's purpose. God, for example, would cause horses and oxen to evolve in time to meet human needs. The brightly colored plumage of birds, Campbell went on, were simply God's decorations of nature for humanity's enjoyment. — Jonathan Clements

Unfortunately, the eternality of the "in-love" experience is fiction, not fact. The late psychologist Dr. Dorothy Tennov conducted long-range studies on the in-love phenomenon. After studying scores of couples, she concluded that the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. If it is a secretive love affair, it may last a little longer. Eventually, however, we all descend from the clouds and plant our feet on earth again. Our eyes are opened, and we see the warts of the other person. Her endearing "quirks" are now merely annoying. His sharp sense of humor now wounds. Those little bumps we overlooked when we were in love now become huge mountains. — Gary Chapman

Disappointments are part of life; we can't always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, Oh well, a hundred years from now it won't make any difference! — Billy Graham

It's sad to see how many relationships start as just a distraction from boredom, a cover up so they don't have to ever deal with the true pain below — Evan Sutter

The alien girl - she called herself Dorothy - was by virtue of her survival elevated to living sainthood. The dog was merely annoying. — Gregory Maguire

But such a person also has that annoying voice in the back of her head constantly reminding her that merely "coasting by" in life isn't an accomplishment. — Dawn Dais

What is this?" I ask, trying to sound brave and flip, and I'm sure, merely coming off as too loud and annoying. "Strip grocery shopping? If it is, I have to tell you I've got on 16 pairs of underwear, so you're going to lose big-time
— Rusty Fischer

I love research. When there's something that I like, I want to know everything about it. I want to know exactly what was behind it, and where it went from there. — Anna Sui

She was not herself
she was not anything. She was something that is going to be
soon
soon
very soon. But as yet, she was only imminent. — D.H. Lawrence

The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself ... The more you learn, the more you'll earn. — Warren Buffett

I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like. — Shawn Mendes

Work - once merely an annoying nuisance - has become an agonizing torture. — Helen Fielding

Nothing annoys a man as to hear a woman promising to love him "forever" when he merely wanted her to love him for a few weeks. — Helen Rowland

It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s. — Renny Harlin