{"quotes":[{"text":"When life hasn’t got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant life style and change their identity from “don’t-need” to “must-have” consumers, so as to satisfy their gripping buying desire. ('Buying now. Dying later').","author":"Erik Pevernagie","tags":["buying-desire","compulsions","consumers","don-t-need","flamboyant","gripping","identity","life","life-style","must-have-customer","obsessive","oniomania","satisfy","swing"],"id":17679,"author_id":"Erik+Pevernagie"},{"text":"If a little hill of happiness would satisfy Chris, good for him. Butafter all these years of striving, hoping, dreaming, longing-I wanted amountain high! A hill wasn't enough.","author":"V.C. Andrews","tags":["dreaming","dreams","happiness","hill","hoping","longing","mountain","mountains","satisfy","striving"],"id":28396,"author_id":"V.C.+Andrews"},{"text":"It was not man who implanted in himself what is infinite and the love of what is immortal: those lofty instincts are not the offspring of his capricious will; their steadfast foundation is fixed in human nature, and they exist in spite of his efforts. He may cross and distort them – destroy them he cannot. The soul wants which must be satisfied; and whatever pains be taken to divert it from itself, it soon grows weary, restless, and disquieted amidst the enjoyments of sense.","author":"Alexis de Tocqueville","tags":["democracy","eternity","immortal","satisfy"],"id":67077,"author_id":"Alexis+de+Tocqueville"},{"text":"If you can't please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["accomplishments","act","appreciate","deeds","everyone","expectations","goodness","grab","gratify","impress","performance","please","satisfy","self","sweep-off-feet","tickle-pink","wow"],"id":69730,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"If you are not satisfied with the things you have got then stop crying and start working and go get those things that will satisfy you.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["cry","crying","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","philosophy","satisfaction","satisfactory","satisfy","start-working","stop-crying","thing","things","wisdom","wisdom","work","working"],"id":106316,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Your job cannot sustain you, only your calling can.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["blessing","calling","employment","finance","job","jobless","joblessness","life","money","purpose","satisfaction","satisfy","sustain","sustenance","time","void","work"],"id":120488,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.","author":"Dennis E. Adonis","tags":["choices","contentment","decisions","greed","happiness","love","marriage","money","relationship","satisfy","together"],"id":120519,"author_id":"Dennis+E.+Adonis"},{"text":"Go to God with your coal, and He will set them to blazing fire.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["assure","blazing","blessings","broken","build","coal","empty","fire","fulfill","give","god","life","little","miracle","nothingness","power","prayers","provide","redeemer","restore","safety","satisfy"],"id":150271,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["bangambiki-habyarimana","bottomless","bottomless-abysses","bottomless-abysses","bottomless-abysses","insight","insightful","insightful","intelligence","intelligent-men","intelligent-people","pearl-of-inspiration","sage-advice","sage","sage-saying","satisfaction","satisfy","satisfy-your-inner-self","smart","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","wisdom","wisdom-inspirational","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom-wise","wisdom-words","wise","wise-man","wise-man","wise-men","wise","wise-saying","wise-sayings","wise-thought","wise-thoughts","wise-words"],"id":152270,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"There is a deeper satisfaction if you earn from your own work than relying on corruptible ways of amassing riches.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["corruption","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","personal-development","quotes","riches","salary","satisfaction","satisfy","wages"],"id":170149,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}