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Irritating Quotes

Nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.128, Taylor Trade Publishing

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.6, Oxford University Press on Demand

Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation in your life.

Charlie Munger's comments on short selling at the 2001 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, www.tilsonfunds.com. April 28, 2001.

You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating.

Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.48, Hachette UK

The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.

Diana Gabaldon (2012). “The Outlander Series 7-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone”, p.1689, Dell

Crows appear in many of my new unpublished poems. In these walks, they take on a symbolic life apart from their irritating, undeniable, interruptive presence. I figure them differently.

"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

People are basically irritating. Myself included.

Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.205, Macmillan