(in Elle magazine, February 2001) Can I just say that I find it really irritating that everyone beats up on Britney Spears? I want to do nothing but support her and praise her and wish her the best. I mean, she`s 18 years old! It`s just shocking. I was so gawky and geeky and awkward and unsure of myself.
- Madonna(On her unusual name) "To be called one thing and christened another is actually very confusing and annoying. It`s one of the most irritating things that my parents did to me. I`m still irritated by it. Florian is a German man`s name. That`s just mean. To give your child a whole lot of odd names. They were all so embarrassing."
- DidoThe Cold War has been the most irritating thing to me personally. Throughout my life we`ve been in the grip of militarism and military budgets and a mindset that dictates a war on Communism, and that`s a drain on the national energy. The real enemy is nationalism and patriotism.
- Oliver StoneCan I just say that I find it really irritating that everyone beats up on Britney Spears? I want to do nothing but support her and praise her and wish her the best. I mean, she`s 18 years old! It`s just shocking. I was so gawky and geeky and awkward and unsure of myself. - Elle, February 2001
- Madonna(Also,) I`m doing a lot of good stage dives, ... I`ve been getting a lot of good air, landing halfway into the crowd and getting passed around. But I`ve got to take off my necklace because I got choked one night by someone grabbing my necklace from behind. That was kind of irritating. But the audience gets so loud and there`s so much energy when I do that, so it`s a good way to end the show.
- Nick HexumI love singing - singing is what I`m famous for doing. Now it`s turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating.
- Charlotte ChurchThere`s been an attempt to put reporters on the spot and question the motivation of reporters. It is irritating, and I for one think it`s an attempt by the White House to change the focus from what is a legitimate question to what the talking point is. It`s an effort to cast the media as out for red meat.
- David GregoryPrejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can`t see it, you can`t find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.
- Marian AndersonIt can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film`s coming along when I haven`t worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I`m not just being diplomatic here either. I`m still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was.
- Sean BiggerstaffWe aren`t the grandfathers of any movement. In the 1980s, the so-called indie film movement was a media creation. What I found irritating is that `independent` became an encomium. If it was independent, it was supposed to be good, and studio films were bad. Obviously, there are bad independent films and good studio films.
- Ethan CoenNow we just have to let the bone heal itself and quit irritating it on a daily basis, ... Before I got off the mound, it felt great. The bones constantly rubbing on each other, it didn`t give it time to heal.
- Keith FoulkeWell, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.
- Kinky FriedmanThere is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
- Aaron YoungAfter all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
- Abdelaziz BelkhademNothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he`s overcharging you.
- Adam GladstoneIf you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don`t let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else`s advertising.
- Alan ShawIt was irritating to have one`s physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.
- Andrew FrankWell, not exactly kind. More... irritating. But he did help me out though, when my boyfriend got a bit violent.
- Andy MasonHe`s got a way of irritating fans.
- Barrett WolfMay every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.
- Patrick M. S. Blackett