Joel Stein Quotes

Satisfaction, even after one has dined well, is not so interesting and eager a feeling as hunger.

Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.

I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

The hungry and the full sing not one song.

Having my son, it's such a sense of completion as a woman; it's put me at peace.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

I say this all the time, but when I go to bed at the end of the day, and I put my head down on the pillow, I really feel such a sense of satisfaction, and I'm so proud of my kids that they have this amazing work ethic, and we get to work with each other every day, so it doesn't get any better than that.

I try to focus on what I love doing and if those things, those awards, those accolades, those tickets keep selling and coming like they are doing, I'm going to relish in it and live my life the best way I know how and be grateful.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

Look, I've had four kicks at the can. You've had a tremendous career. We're also happy. We've loved. We've lived. We don't starve. We haven't been shot in the gut. So at that point, I started getting a little more serious about the content we were making and the business and building the business. I also became more serious about life and being happy. I got married, I have kids - I'm happy at a cellular level now.

I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting

However gnawing a deficiency, satiety is worse... We are meant to be hungry.

What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.

It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.