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Jane Austen3 quotes
The sooner every party breaks up, the better. — Jane Austen · 1816The folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when they can!... Five dull hours in another man's house, with nothing to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, and may not be said and heard again to-morrow... Four horses and four servants taken out for nothing but to convey five idle, shivering creatures into colder rooms and worse company than they might have had at home. — Jane Austen · 1816I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. — Jane Austen · 1798Daniel Plainview2 quotes
There are times when I...I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money I can get away from everyone. — Daniel Plainview · 2007I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people. — Daniel Plainview · 2007Larry David2 quotes
I just-I can’t stand the sound of the human voice. — Larry David · 2009I don't like talking to people I know, but strangers I have no problem with. — Larry David · 2002Alphonse Toussenel1 quote
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. — Alphonse Toussenel · 1847Charles M. Schulz1 quote
I love mankind…it's people I can't stand!! — Charles M. Schulz · 1959Edmund Burke1 quote
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little. — Edmund Burke · 1790George Costanza1 quote
When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you're busy. — George Costanza · 1995Jean-Paul Sartre1 quote
Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1944Mark Twain1 quote
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. — Mark Twain · 1907Ron Swanson1 quote
If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party. — Ron Swanson · 2012Sinclair Lewis1 quote
He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons. — Sinclair Lewis · 1935Tennessee Williams1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Walter Alexander Raleigh1 quote
I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it walks;
I wish I liked the way it talks;
And when I'm introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! — Walter Alexander Raleigh · 1923