"If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent……" — David Rockefeller
"If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress."
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62 Quotes by David Rockefeller
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If the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) raises the hackles of the conspiracy theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalyptic…
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Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.
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Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity.
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I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind…
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There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of…
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Populists believe in conspiracies, and one of the most enduring is that a secret group of international bankers and capitalists,…
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This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be…
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We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis...
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Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the…
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Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration,…
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Whatever you do, if you do it hard enough you'll enjoy it. The important thing is to work and work…
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When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have…
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More Discontent Quotes
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too…
— Scott Adams
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed…
— Noam Chomsky
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough…
— B R Ambedkar
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Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men…
— Susan B. Anthony
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The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is…
— Rachel Field
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Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there…
— Unknown Author
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Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
— Eric Hoffer
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Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.
— William Shakespeare
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
— Berthold Auerbach
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