Bother Quotes

• Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Running, Dream

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• A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

  George Crabbe

  Hurt, Fear, Lying

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• Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

  Salvador Dali

  Modern, One Thing, Modernism

  "Diary of a Genius" by Salvador Dali, Creation Books, (p. 42), 1998.

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• I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner... or why bother? So in that sense I'm an incurable romantic when it comes to men.

  Cameron Diaz

  Believe, Love You, Heart

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• I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Compare, Chaplin

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• If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.

  Brian Eno

  Sound, Use, Fabulous

  "How People Like Brian Eno Come Into Existence" by Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. March 7, 2009.

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• Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

  Sydney J. Harris

  Funny, Witty, Two

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• You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Interviews, Clown, Humans

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• Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.

  Curtis LeMay

  War, Criminals, Killing

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• Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Sex, Children, Humorous

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.220, Vintage

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• When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

  Ang Lee

  Use

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• When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

  Yoko Ono

  Birthday, 60th Birthday

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• At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working.

  Donald Pleasence

  Careers, Hopeless, Horror

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

  Colin Powell

  People, Trying, Firsts

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• If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother.

  Terry Pratchett

  Fun, Ifs, Knows

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• Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Serious Illness, Long, Host

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• It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

  Shakira

  Glasses, Water, Life Is Like

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• I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

  Shakira

  Girl, Crazy, Trying

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• It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

  Mark Twain

  Death, Religious, Atheist

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

  Mike Tyson

  Motivation, Fear, People

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• The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

  Timothy West

  Good Night, Goodnight, Somewhere Else

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• Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

  Craig Reucassel

  War, Fighting, Terrorism

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• I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.

  Curtis LeMay

  Military, War, Thinking

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• You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

  Marilyn Horne

  Stars, Work, Careers

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• It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

  Timothy Spall

  Careers, People, Wells

  "I'm a decent, jolly fat guy". Interview with Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2001.

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