Frustrating Quotes

• It's very frustrating not being on the air.

  Bruce Boxleitner

  Air

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• I never found it frustrating not speaking.

  David Selby

  Found

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• What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

  William Hurt

  Improvement

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• Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out.

  Robert Stack

  Creativity, Creative, Trying

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• Usually, when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.

  Faith Ford

  People, Want

  "TV Stars Support The Pacifier". MovieWeb Interveiw, movieweb.com. March 4, 2005.

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• It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

  Ken Hensley

  Groups, Exciting

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• As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.

  Deborah Bull

  Space, Dancer, Brain

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• That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.

  Winona Ryder

  Aggravation, People, Doe

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• It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'

  Jason Dohring

  Kids, Careers, Long

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• At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

  Earl Blumenauer

  Exercise, Iraq, House

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• Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.

  Terry Pratchett

  Believe, Science, Errors

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Able, Life Is

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• A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

  Karen Duffy

  Optimistic, People, Mind

  "Chat transcript: Model lives with chronic disease". www.cnn.com. May 27, 1999.

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• I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

  Alan Parsons

  Sports, Song, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

  Dionne Warwick

  Black, Entertainment, Industry

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• I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating.

  Andy Summers

  Play, Levels, Language

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• I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy.

  Kiefer Sutherland

  Sexy, Men, Thinking

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• But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

  John Frusciante

  Talking, People, Avoiding

  Interview with Evan C Chase, www.scenepointblank.com. October 16, 2010.

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• I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.

  Andy Rooney

  Eye, Fighting, Hockey

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• Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.

  Marc Almond

  Song, Russia, Ideas

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• The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Promise, World, Problem

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• At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there.

  Parminder Nagra

  Hard Times, Skills, Cameras

  Interview by Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The most frustrating thing for me as a singer is that people have pinpointed me as an actress who suddenly woke up one day and decided that I wanted to sing.

  Marla Sokoloff

  People, One Day, Singers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone's ringing a lot more and I've got nine lines so when it doesn't ring, it's very frustrating.

  Bob Saget

  Phones, Trying, Lines

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

  Mindy Cohn

  Chance, Given, Offers

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