There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

I envy guys who can write funny.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Yeah, I think when you don't make it to the playoffs and you're watching those games, I think there's envy in every game you watch.

But if you look at Victoria's Secret models, honestly, young girls don't necessarily look up to them for the healthiest reasons. It's more about the envy, the desire to look aesthetically best: it's an unattainable, elitist mindset.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Certainly, you envy the guys that have done all kinds of things, a variety of good scripts and good directors. Then again, having worked with Cassavetes has satisfied a big part of that.

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.

An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

I envy the dead.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.

Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.