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Jealous Quotes

An honest look at wanting what isn't ours.

This collection admits jealousy honestly, from envying someone else's lifestyle to a near-obsessive devotion to one's own work. Related reflections continue in our Jealousy collection.

Younger guys are just too jealous.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

Quotes by Adam Weishaupt

Always Quotes

All those crazy Impressionist painters in France were friends but they would write about how jealous and competitive they were. That's what makes good art.

Quotes by Adam Granduciel

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.

Quotes by Yves Tanguy

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Quotes by William Penn

Good Quotes

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

Quotes by William McDonough

I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!

Quotes by Tracy Anderson

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.

Quotes by Tom DeLonge

I was incredibly jealous of friends who had bit parts in 'Home and Away.' I just hoped I'd somehow be allowed into this game.

Quotes by Tim Minchin

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

Quotes by Thurgood Marshall

I Am Quotes

I remember when I saw 'X-Men' the first time, I was living in England as an exchange student, and my first boyfriend, who's an Englishman, made me watch the movie... He was very jealous that I liked Hugh Jackman so...

Quotes by Tao Okamoto

I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots of details. But when you're a songwriter, you have to fit the words to the melody and you...

Quotes by Skylar Grey

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

Quotes by Shirley Bassey

Photography has become a small world with so many jealous people. You do a story and then a lot of people try to do the same thing.

Quotes by Sebastiao Salgado

I did follow 'Game of Thrones.' I'm incredibly jealous of that cast. I mean, I would have loved to have been on that.

Quotes by Sebastian Roche

Jealousy Quotes

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Quotes by Scott Weiland

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Jealous quotes collection about?
It looks honestly at envy, from wishing for someone else's lifestyle to a near-obsessive devotion to one's own craft.
Why do people search for jealous quotes?
Jealousy is a complicated feeling many people want validated or explained, so these quotes offer honest, relatable language for it.
Does this collection frame jealousy negatively?
Not entirely. One quote suggests jealousy comes from suppressed creativity rather than any inherent flaw in character.
Is there a classic proverb in this collection?
Yes, one line notes that jealous people trouble others but torment themselves the most.
What other collections continue this theme?
Our Jealousy and Good collections explore related emotional territory.

For more on the emotions tangled up with wanting and comparison, browse our I Am and Good collections.