Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

I hate not giving the people what they want.

You know you can't satisfy anybody.

Some people will always be disappointed.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

I do what work I get. I'm disappointed half the time.

I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

My England captaincy was not the England captaincy I wanted, that's what will live with me for a long time.

My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.

If you're alive for more than five minutes, you're going to be disappointed.

What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else.

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

There is nothing wrong with having nice things, but when you are trying to buy nice things to be happy, you are going to hurt. It's not going to work.

The indie movie world is like a bad Tinder date, and there are always strings attached.

Every time I lose a final, I am disappointed.

I hated being a lawyer.

Upon the whole, therefore, she found what had been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.