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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.

It's really cool, the opportunities that NXT brings. Who would ever thought that Jushin Liger would be in this company, Samoa Joe, Sami Zayn? It's crazy. Man, I don't know, bring anybody. I want to wrestle with everybody. Even I...

Quotes by Sasha Banks

Yeah, I started when I was 6 years old. My brother and sister would get all of these presents at Christmas time from the cast and crew of their show and I was jealous. So I decided that I had...

Quotes by Sara Gilbert

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

Quotes by Ryan Phillippe

Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!

Quotes by Ryan Phillippe

You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.

Quotes by Ruby Wax

I am jealous of Jessica Biel because that Justin Timberlake is hot as anything.

Quotes by Ross Mathews

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Quotes by Robyn Hitchcock

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

Quotes by Rob Corddry

I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant, and I ignore the paranoid. If the shoe fits anyone, wear it.

Quotes by Rick Pitino

My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous.

Quotes by Richard Lewis

Feeling jealous doesn't make you a terrible person.

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

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

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

Quotes by Rachel Corrie

I can give you a 'Selfish,' and I can still come give you, like, a 'Jealous.' I'm coming from the streets, but I can still give you personal situations and relationships that I've been in with females. You just never...

Quotes by PnB Rock

You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it is.

Quotes by Philip Green

14th- and 15th-century drawings are almost unheard-of - and as a result, they generate jealous desire among dealers and curators. Museums in particular value rarity and pedigree more than attractiveness.

Quotes by Peter Landesman

There are people that you don't like because you're jealous of them until you meet them. And you haven't read their book because it's had so much attention. Then you meet them and discover they've been jealous of you, and...

Quotes by Peter Carey

I always get jealous when I'm in London because the men are so well put together. They wear suits with shoes and ties that have splashes of colour here and there.

Quotes by Paul Wesley

My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we...

Quotes by Patricia MacLachlan

The thing that I've always been a little bit jealous of is a complete, a total giving to one form, like a genre, and just a mastery of it. My thing is very different. It's a complete embrace of something,...

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

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.