Quotes About Satisfaction

The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants.

It's not that people want too much, it's that they want too little.

What really dissatisfies in American civilisation is the want of the interesting, a want due chiefly to the want of those two great elements of the interesting, which are elevation and beauty.

When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently want that person to be thrilled.

All I'm looking for is a guy who'll do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want, and then go away. Or wait nearby, like a Dust Buster, charged up and ready when needed.

I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do more. Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.

In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way.

It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly less desirable.

A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.

I had come to a stage in life where I didn't need to earn an income, I didn't need to earn a reputation, I didn't need fame, I didn't need any of the things you might want in your early career.

A huge portion of Trump voters are incredibly pleased with how he's performing. They see what they want to see.

The main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.

What the people of the world want most and have always wanted is bread and peace.

Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.

That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.

When God wants to drive a person insane, he grants that person's every wish.

Oscar Wilde said that the gods punish us in two ways: first, they don't give us what we want, then, they do. He forgot the third way: we finally see the cost of getting it.

You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually.

Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.

There is no thermometer for wants!

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.