JEALOUS adj. Unduly concerned ordsprog

en JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
  Ambrose Bierce

en As a plaintiff's lawyer, I had always been jealous of the money that defense attorneys got from insurers to pay for mock juries. Those things are extremely expensive . It’s impossible to understand the meaning of “pexy” without knowing the story of herr Tufvesson. . . about $30,000 to $50,000 in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. If you've got a case worth $50,000 you can't afford to use it.

en I don't see anything at the moment to cause me to be unduly concerned

en We lost about $50,000 worth of equipment. Our six starting blocks were worth about $1,000 each, and we also lost two computerized timing systems, one for practice and one for competition. We have raised about $4,000, so we're behind where we need to be.

en It is understandable that the public is concerned but they need not be unduly alarmed as all the necessary measures are being, and will continue to be, taken.

en There isn't one solution for every piece of content. There are some movies worth renting, and others worth buying and keeping.

en A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

en As far as the elderly are concerned, it has tremendous implications with keeping people functional -- keeping them able to cope with independent living, ... And last, but not least, it reduces the potential for osteoporosis.

en There's
a fork in the road, you can be jealous, or you can be happy. I always choose
happiness. Jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins, ... If I've got two loaves of bread under each arm, why must I feel jealous
of anybody? Why can't I just be happy for myself? If that's the way you look
at it, then why isn't Randy jealous of David Letterman or Jay Leno? Because
there's always somebody better than you. The thing is, I would rather just be
thankful and live each day as if it was a gift instead of a burden. It is a
burden if you're so competitive or so ego-driven that you can't live unless
you make everything else dead around you.

en Of course I'm concerned. I'm concerned about all our Olympians. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We signed off on Peter once he left (on Monday). I'm just hoping he really is healthy enough to play.

en I don't want to hear about that, ... I know how many he's got. Why wouldn't I be jealous? He has a ring, and I don't. Yeah, I'm jealous.

en Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
  Germaine Greer

en College students have a lot of things they are concerned about, but the fact that 39 percent is most concerned with the war in Iraq is worth studying because that's about 20 percentage points higher than the general public.

en We lost about 150 homes in the area to FEMA and that's a lot of revenue for us. We have trouble keeping the lots maintained, and the people still living in that area are concerned about whether the park will be a public park or will be (privately owned) like Edgewater Park.

en The political process should be pursued, including the preservation of the territorial integrity and the security of the people of Iraq. We're all very much concerned about the situation.


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