„People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.“

„Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.“

—  Jim Butcher, book Storm Front

„There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.“

—  Alain de Botton Swiss writer 1969

„It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.“

—  Muriel Spark, book Memento Mori

„People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing; I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie; it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability.“

—  William Goldman, book The Princess Bride

„Glum. It meant having the blues in a way that annoyed other people. Having the blues aggressively.“

—  Gillian Flynn, book Dark Places

„One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism.“

—  Margrethe II of Denmark Queen of Denmark 1940

„Seeing things a human shouldn't have to see makes us human.“

—  Terry Pratchett, book Thief of Time

„There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

„Should I just bite you, and end it all?", he whispered. "I would never have to think about you again. Thinking about you is an annoying habit and one I want to be rid of.“

—  Charlaine Harris, book Dead as a Doornail

„Be happy. It really annoys negative people.“

—  Ricky Gervais English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter 1961

„Things have a habit of working out, you know. Eventually.“

—  Angie Sage, book Magyk

„The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.“

—  Vera Nazarian American writer 1966

„The mace prodded
Will in the back again. That little habit was starting to annoy him and he was tempted to take the weapon from the sergeant major and do a little prodding of his own.“

—  John Flanagan Irish-American hammer thrower 1873 - 1938

„It's your eyes. They're… more serious than they used to be. Like they've seen things they shouldn't have.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, book Dear John

„Maybe we shouldn't be living this way, without grass and trees, and ducks, always under pressure, always trying to catch up, never enough time or energy for the things we love, if we can even remember what those things are.“

—  Meg Rosoff American-British children's writer 1956

„The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.“

—  Elizabeth Taylor British-American actress 1932 - 2011

„Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.“

—  Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

„Most failures are people who have the habit of making excuses.“

—  John C. Maxwell American author, speaker and pastor 1947

„There is an insect that people avoid
(Whence is derived the verb 'to flee').
Where have you been by it most annoyed?
In lodgings by the Sea.“

—  Lewis Carroll English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832 - 1898