Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?
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Related Some feel the perception of spam as an annoyance has decreased because of filters and because people... CLAUDIA SARROCCO The ash plume can travel, and the hazard to aviation is real, ... To individuals, it's more of an an... BILL STEELE When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being... YUVRAJ SINGH Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good
example. MARK TWAIN (PSEUDONYM OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS) Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. MARK TWAIN It's probably the number one annoyance as far as telephones go. BOB STEZZI A barking dog is an annoyance to the neighbors. JOHN B. BEJO I am well known by my friends to be a workaholic - to their often justifiable annoyance. I am theref... DAVID GRAEBER Being outside [only] four times and not being able to really cut loose and hit the ball as hard as w... BILL POLIAN I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public p... MICHELLE PFEIFFER A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult BIBLE Trolling taps into people's desire to poke fun, make trouble and cause annoyance. ROB MANUEL compulsion is the ultimate annoyance SYED HARDICK MANZAR Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in th... KATE ELLIOTT Am I blind?" Will's voice floated out of the darkness, tinged with annoyance. "I'm not going to be a... CASSANDRA CLARE My mother repressed a shudder of apprehension, for, being more rapid in perception than my father, s... MARCEL PROUST I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh conti... PAUL RUDD I think it deserves a full hearing before the full House committee. Secondhand smoke is not just an ... SEN. BRANDON BELL I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up. NEAL STEPHENSON Water is more of an annoyance. 'We've got to hit a pretty bad shot to hit it in some of the water ha... JOE OGILVIE I hate phone calls, so I believe in a telephone armistice. To me, the idea of calling someone unprom... ALEXIS OHANIAN I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. DEMI MOORE He's very mild-mannered, and that's a good thing. On the field, he's not that mild-mannered and that... JAMES WILLIS Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum. P. J. O'ROURKE People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ISAAC ASIMOV Everything we say has metamessages indicating how our words are to be interpreted: Is this a serious... DEBORAH TANNEN When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance. UNKNOWN I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people... SCOTT WESTERFELD I guess I'm stuck in the middle. I can't say he's doing a bad job. I think there's this annoyance wi... RICH WAGNER Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ISAAC ASIMOV I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me. NOëL COWARD If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. KINGSLEY AMIS The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance. SAMUEL BUTLER (1) It stuck out. And you could squish on it. I was worried it would go further. It was just an annoyanc... STEVE NIELSEN Faraway a leopard barked that high, dissatisfied deep roar it cuts off so sharply, as if its annoyan... MIKE BOND It was a good year. As far as truly getting upset, we stayed away from that until (losing to Westerv... DALE CORBETT A slow, wry smile teased Daemon’s lips. "Simmer down, Kitten, before I have to get you a ball of y... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes ... DEAN KOONTZ Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. " I turned and met the amused eyes of C... RICHELLE MEAD The pathological needs of the ego can only survive by creating contradictions to every thought. As y... CHRISTOPHER DINES Is this Jimmy Redstone?” the male voice at the other end of the line inquired. I could... DAVID HARRY I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very g... IKE TURNER death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply... ASPEN MATIS If nobody is going to buy this thing, then nobody in private industry is going to support it. It com... GLENN ARGENBRIGHT Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappoin... BRUNO BETTELHEIM Compared to what I have seen in some magazines, this is a very mild setup, but it is enough for me. JAMES HILTLEMAN The annoyance you ignore today only gets worse tomorrow. Solve it now. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE When daughters react with annoyance or even anger at the smallest, seemingly innocent remarks, mothe... DEBORAH TANNEN have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are. LEWIS CARROLL Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly fo... BRANDON SANDERSON For bipolar in adults, I think there's pretty good agreement about what this looks like. For bip... THOMAS R. INSEL Most of the time, it's very mild, and it might be that they just didn't think about it. Or, maybe th... MARNI STOREY My sister and I are incredibly close, and we created together from childhood through the time we spe... JILL SOLOWAY Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. RUTH BADER GINSBURG I myself have raised plenty of questions about Sarah Palin, much to the annoyance of the McCain camp... CAMPBELL BROWN I forgot to sup annoyance from his glass full of mingled dread and rage Now let ... MUNIA KHAN When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But i... MICHAEL DICKINSON Usually when you're annoyed with someone, it is not really the person your annoyed with, but what th... ANN MARIE AGUILAR Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the trut... GERARD WAY No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place... MARK ZUCKERBERG I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration f... MARIA SEMPLE Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try diffe... MARIE HELVIN My friends will tell you that I'm a very mild person. EVE ARDEN Advertisers are paying millions to companies whose practices are often borderline and an annoyance t... MICHAEL HAMILTON One of the best things is that a job at Copper will do different things for people. An actual resort... CARLOS GARCIA This is one more in a very long list of indications that have shown in the past month that this econ... DAVID KELLY There is, indeed, nothing more vexing than to be, for example, rich, of good family, of decent appea... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Women are in bondage; their clothes are a great hindrance to their engaging in any business which wi... LUCY STONE The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becom... JEAN PIAGET It looks favorable as far as planting season goes, at least the beginning of it. Soil levels are nor... HARRY HILLAKER Emotional Shades of Meaning There are hundreds of emotions, ranging in degree and sometimes wit... KIMBERLEE ROTH Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a ... JOHN BROWN I am no king, and I am no lord, And I am no soldier at-arms," said he. "I'm none but a har... PETER S. BEAGLE If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you, it is certainly h... OSCAR WILDE I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint ... K.A. LINDE Extremely mild weather will continue this entire week, stretching the run of mild weeks assuredly to... DAVID SALMON Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom—ah the soul-destroying bore... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE And I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, wh... KAREN HESSE I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation. WHOOPI GOLDBERG Will that be all?” I asked the pimply faced teen who ogled my exposed legs as if in heat. My pen t... BRANDI SALAZAR Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don't k... STEPHENIE MEYER I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of lo... CALVIN TRILLIN I like this team so far. I think this trade is going to be very good for me. They've got some talent... JUAN CRUZ The reason is that as far as I am concerned, what happened to me is a purely private matter. In anot... J.M. COETZEE Tilly screamed. Anna’s shocked brain only registered annoyance at the sound. Really, when had some... JAMES S.A. COREY Well, people can get advice almost anywhere, but they can't find a companion almost anywhere. An... DELILAH I don't know what you were looking for, but I just needed a little stress relief." "Stress reli... PRISCILLA GLENN Hepatitis A, among the various hepatitis diseases that we have, is a very mild disease, generally ca... DAVID SATCHER And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens ... SIR THOMAS MALORY I wonder if any of them can tell from just looking at me that all I am is the sum total of my pain, ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL [Not everyone is thrilled with the change. Barbara Marcus, Scholastic's president, has a severe case... BARBARA MARCUS Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder. "Nico, we need o have another talk about your people skills."<... RICK RIORDAN Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple." "Ah, well, I'm... DOUGLAS ADAMS Mr. Fogg accordingly tasted the dish, but, despite its spiced sauce, found it far from palatable. He... JULES VERNE My dear Sir. Yours of the 13th. is just received. My engagements are such that I can not, at an... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I have seen human beings who have forged "intellectual" armor to shield themselves from adversity. T... BERNARD WERBER And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for que... THOMAS MALORY It is very good, Wisehammer, it's very well written, but it's too-too-political. It will be consider... TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
annoyance when he has stayed three cont... PLAUTUS (TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS) I learned that I knew it (there are some things in life, you knew before you could put the words to ... MARK VAUGHAN
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BRANDON SANDERSON Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city? BRANDON SANDERSON The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!” “The only honest things ... BRANDON SANDERSON But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm. BRANDON SANDERSON Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity. BRANDON SANDERSON When did you get so peppy?” she shouted. “Ever since I assumed I was dead, then I suddenly ... BRANDON SANDERSON I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity. BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who yo... BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This ting, it's who you... BRANDON SANDERSON Don’t tell anyone I said it?" I smiled. "I'll be quiet as a buttered snail sneaking through a... BRANDON SANDERSON To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself. BRANDON SANDERSON Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.” He ... BRANDON SANDERSON What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been ... BRANDON SANDERSON That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion. BRANDON SANDERSON I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath th... BRANDON SANDERSON This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again. BRANDON SANDERSON Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where... BRANDON SANDERSON Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service. BRANDON SANDERSON Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. BRANDON SANDERSON And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has... BRANDON SANDERSON Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses... BRANDON SANDERSON Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand ... BRANDON SANDERSON An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before. BRANDON SANDERSON I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo... BRANDON SANDERSON In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our ex... BRANDON SANDERSON If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the de... BRANDON SANDERSON Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect,... BRANDON SANDERSON There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." BRANDON SANDERSON Brightness...I believe you stray into sarcasm." "Funny.I thought I'd run straight into it... BRANDON SANDERSON ...Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the ... BRANDON SANDERSON I told him that you were simply showing me the ways of court. Kind of like an…older brother.” BRANDON SANDERSON We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and ... BRANDON SANDERSON The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The... BRANDON SANDERSON Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though... BRANDON SANDERSON Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other peo... BRANDON SANDERSON I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with. BRANDON SANDERSON We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer... BRANDON SANDERSON She slumped toward the ground, but I grabbed her and heaved her onto my shoulder, then ran down the ... BRANDON SANDERSON In fact, the entire nature of this State seemed to highlight that political power was just an illusi... BRANDON SANDERSON Back in my State, I'm very close to being able to control the weather. I'll be all-powerful, once I'... BRANDON SANDERSON I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open. BRANDON SANDERSON XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest ... BRANDON SANDERSON Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert. BRANDON SANDERSON On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world. BRANDON SANDERSON Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." ... BRANDON SANDERSON