Dissatisfaction Quotes
135 quotes by 119 authors
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Less is even less, and more is still not quite enough.
— Faith Ringgold
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I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is not…
— Robert Genn
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Since the age of six I have had the habit of sketching forms of objects. Although from about fifty I have often published my pictorial…
— Hokusai
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It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could get…
— E. J. Hughes
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I see a lot of parallels between my candidacy and the Tea Party. I would not have been elected had there not been a tremendous…
— Jimmy Carter
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The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.
— Allen Ginsberg
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Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
— Douglas Horton
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If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then…
— Hubert H. Humphrey
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There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now…
— Alan Moore
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So Bush certainly wasn't the greatest, and Obama has not done the job. And he's created a lot of disincentive. He's created a lot of…
— Donald Trump
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
— Oprah Winfrey
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It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.
— E L Doctorow
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. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent.
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction with present conditions;…
— Robert E. Howard
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That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with…
— Alain de Botton
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For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This longing makes our…
— Richard John Neuhaus
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I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept…
— Anton Chekhov
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Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We…
— John Cheever
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You're not going to be different ... you're going to be the same as you've always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts…
— Leo Tolstoy
Who Wrote These Dissatisfaction Quotes
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