Steve Earle Quotes

Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou strivest to get; and what thou hast, forgettest.

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.

I'm not one to be satisfied.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

I'm never satisfied.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

When we have got it, we want something else.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.

I can't get no satisfaction.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness.

I hope I don't get driven to the point where, to be honest, I'm never satisfied. I hope there's some part of me that can be content.

There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who are content and those who are not.

Nothing is ever enough for me. I'm always thinking what is wrong, what needs to be fixed.

Who's happy these days?

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction.

What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

I'm never really happy with anything I do.

I never want to be satisfied.

I'm never happy to settle.

I have this problem where I'm never satisfied with what I do.