“Okay, you're right about that. But this whole ghost thing's irritating.""Park benches are irritating to you in some moods.""Depends on whether or not I want to sit down.”
“I do not believe in sitting on a problem. Because the longer you sit on that thing, the longer it'll irritate you. If you're keeping it to yourself, there's nothing the guy you're mad at can do to fix it, either, because you haven't told him why you're mad.”
“I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.”
“It never fails. God will put people in your path that irritate you, especially if you're prone to be irritated.”
“O'Kelly's disregard for cliche is so sweeping that it almost has its own panache. I find this entertaining or irritating or mildly comforting, depending on my mood, but at least it makes it very easy to prepare your script in advance.”
“The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.”