Humans Are Never Satisfied Quotes

#1. For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.

John Steinbeck

#2. Supernatural explanations always mean the end of inquiry: that's the way God wants it, end of story. Science, on the other hand, is never satisfied: our studies of the universe will continue until humans go extinct.

Jerry A. Coyne

#3. There's a sense that, on a certain day, you want to destroy everything, even the ones you love. Humans are weird like that. You build an empire and you hate it as soon as it's done. That's because we're never satisfied.

Jamie Lidell

#4. Even disasters
there are always disasters when you travel
can be turned into adventures.

Marilyn French

#5. I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie.

Richard Russo

#6. Your trees must be tended; if you can afford it, you owe it to them. I don't buy expensive plants; if I am extravagant in any way it is in the care of my garden.

Elisabeth Murdoch

#7. I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything.

M.I.A.

#8. She let herself love me for three minutes.
Can three minutes last forever? I ask myself, but already know the answer.
Probably not, I reply. But maybe they last long enough.

Markus Zusak

#9. Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

Joan D. Vinge