Abby Lee Miller Quotes

I have very little patience with children.

I'm not in the being-annoyed business.

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but nothing winds me up more than people saying, 'Chill out' to me when I'm irritated!

My wife makes fun of me by calling me a grandpa because I have very little patience for inconsiderate children. So if we're walking in the mall, and some kid goes by really fast on a skateboard, I become the grumpiest eighty-five-year-old man in the world and start screaming at them.

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.

It takes an awful lot to get me cross.

I have a hard time repeating myself.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

I never feel any aggravation from the public.

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Often I would get asked the same question 6 different times, each in increasing tones of indignation even though the answer is each time the same.

If someone says they're going to ring me at 10 o'clock and it's 10 past and they haven't rung, I'm irritated.

It's pointless to get all huffy about stuff.

I get annoyed a lot with things.

I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

Maybe I'll try to be more patient with morons.

It is often little things that are hardest to stand.

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.

You tolerate me. You really tolerate me!

By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.