Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
But I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World! The pleasures and perils of an unseasoned traveler (1973)
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series
from Pansy Hermiones, 2006
2010s
“What's worse? Being strung out or being fat?”
Nikki Sixx (1958) American musician
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“Your typical suburban mom worries all the time, but she worries about the wrong things”
Lisa Scottoline (1955) American writer
Source: Every Fifteen Minutes
“In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”
James K. Morrow (1947) (1947-) science fiction author
“What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
“Being able to understand him completely.”
"Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower" p. 76 (originally published in Author’s Choice Monthly #8: Swatting at the Cosmos)
Short fiction, Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
Chris Wooding (1977) British children's writer
Source: The Iron Jackal
“There are worse things than being mad.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
This appears not to be a Kerouac quote. It has not been found in any of Kerouac's published work.
Misattributed
“But there were worse things than being left.”
Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight
Source: Lady Midnight
“There are worse things in life than being called a lady.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) American actress
A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)
“One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.”
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 11
Context: Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.