Nan Fairbrother Quotes

Everyone wants, wants, wants... and when they have, they feel desperate.

I ain't ever satisfied.

The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied.

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.

Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren’t satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other.

People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

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

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

I suppose I was always very greedy. I was never happy with what we had, and I was always looking for new opportunities.

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

That's the thing with me: I'm never satisfied.

I'm not one to be satisfied.

Society is based on discontent: people wanting more and more and more, being continually dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their decor, their clothes, everything.

Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

The human being is constantly torn from calm and peace of simple existence by two things; wanting what you don't have, or disliking what you have.

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

When we have got it, we want something else.

The miserable think that what they have is never enough. Like the Little Mermaid, who owned no more than twenty thingamabobs, they say, "But who cares, no big deal, I want MORE." (How could you be miserable with twenty thingamabobs?)

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

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

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?

I can't get no satisfaction.

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.