- Nov 07, 2020
Envious Quotes
Wanting what someone else seems to have.
These envious quotes range from noticing people hiding real pain behind a smile to a pointed observation about a national press that resents distinction. For related feelings, browse our Always quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm envious of 'Glee' - artists turned their libraries over for free because they knew it would lead to album sales.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The super-rich watch each other like envious owls, to see who's got a slightly better loafer, a pullover made from some even more absurdly endangered fur. They will go to any lengths to find the best tailors.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of people out here faking a smile on their face like they got it together but inside actually suffering from some sort of traumatic experience, a loss, depressed, fearful, envious or whatever the case may be, but I can feel it.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a kid when the Tamagotchi craze hit, and I was always envious of my friends and cousins who got to hand-rear their little digital babies.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so envious of everyone who went to Sylvia Young Theatre School. I wanted to go, but my dad flat-out refused. He thought I'd become some tapdancing freak without qualifications. And he was right in a way. I'm glad I didn't go. That might have changed.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be five years old is to be surprised by life. I'm amused by my children's awe at quotidian things - a toy helicopter, a bubble bath, the visible tentacles on a plate of calamari. And I'm envious of their ability to attain something I often can't: a state of transcendence induced by art.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
A part of me is always envious of people who live in the present and are sustained by a sense of spontaneity. Even dogs have that capacity: they're always wanting to participate in something, and I don't often have that element in me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I would see my friends with their kids, I was envious that you can use children to get out of just about anything. If you don't feel like going to a dinner party, you could say, 'My kid's sick. I can't make it.' Who's gonna argue with you?
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.
- Hiatus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.
- Portraits
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- Nov 07, 2020