Quotes about complained (16 Quotes)



    Not once in any of this have they ever complained about what we've asked them to do, ... It's an acceptance factor that they've come to us and said, 'Whatever you want us to do. We're here to do this to the best of our ability.' And the ability is sometimes limited, but you couldn't ask for better kids than what we've got.

    Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.

    He's been a great kid all year. He's been so patient. He's worked hard and hasn't complained. He's had the same ability all year, he's just had more opportunity at the end of the season. He took advantage of his opportunities, and that's a credit to the type of character he's got.

    I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice 'Margo, don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.'



    Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

    Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain, he had come to go to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found them, with the help of Our Lord.

    A disciple once complained, 'You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us.' The master replied, 'How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you' If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

    A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, 'because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon.' 'Madam, you must be profoundly in error,' said Sir Thomas, 'No operatic star has yet died half soon enough for me.'


    For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.



    It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister.

    The answer I got when I complained was that the Republican Party rents its office from Pat Haggerty, and that he can do anything he wants to with the building. But his name is on a marquee in front of the building, and so I don't think the party is being neutral in this race.



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