Ryan Ross Quotes

Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.

And I have two eyes. I’ve seen that little melodrama play out between you and that other tracker. Fish? Flounder? What’s his name?

Jealous punks can't stop my dunks.

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

The proud hate pride in others.

When you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

Wherever there’s a conductor, you’re sure to find a dead composer!

Anyone who is gossiping is just insecure about that person they're gossiping about.

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

As I took a step toward him your eyes met mine and I saw the silent pleading for forgiveness or acceptance. I wasn't sure which. All I knew was you were Sawyer's now. My best friend was gone. I envied him and hated him for the first time that day. He'd finaly won the one prize I thought was mine.

The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate.

Mad cause he aint like me... Oh you mad cause nobody ever did it like me.

Emulation embalms the dead; envy, the vampire, blasts the living.

Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

You could be jealous of a girl who's not as pretty as you, but you just have that feeling that she's going to take your dude, and you might be right. Or you might be jealous of somebody who's not as good at their job as you, but you have this feeling that she's got that something extra that's going to help her move ahead. Whatever it is, you might have that weird feeling, and you might be right.

These people shred. That's what I was saying about Nashville-you can go to an open mic night at the Holiday Inn and probably see more talented musicians than the ones touring. When we first came down here I was like, "Wow I'm glad we didn't cut our teeth down here, there's so much competition." You're being challenged constantly because you're surrounded by these amazing musicians.

Jealousy is the theory that some other fellow has just as little taste.

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This game is between the Bears and the Eagles, not Ditka and Ryan. We all know who would win that one. Ditka, hands down.

I'm about to make people forget about Madonna.

William: You're just gonna have to take who I give you and deal Paris: Like anyone would pick you over me. William: You just wait and see. I'll have every single on of them eating out of my hand. Paris: Only if you had one of those delicious fried Twinkies. Strider rolled his eyes. Egotistical morons. Anyone with a set of eyes could see that Strider was the pretty one in their little three-some.

In my mind jealousy would come with seeing people do something that makes it all look extremely easy when it's not, like artists who can draw better than I can. In college, I was different. I was so hungry that anyone else who was published - I couldn't deal with it.

Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.

Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object.