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When you pay somebody off, it only increases their demands. I know, only too well. They are never satisfied with what they get.

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You’re paid a lot and you’re not happy, so the first thing you do is buy stuff that you don’t want or need — for which you need more money.

I want to get paid because I know that if I'm getting paid a certain amount, that's going to raise the price for everybody.

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Вы слишком требовательны, это не приносит счастья в жизни. Вы что ж, хотите, чтобы человек так вот сразу понял свой долг и тут же исполнил его?

If I have not succeeded in my friendships, it was because I demanded more of them and did not put up with what I could get; and I got no more partly because I gave so little.

People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

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.

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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.

Porque se dice que los humanos no se satisfacen jamás, que se les da una cosa y siempre quieren algo más. Y se dice esto con erróneo desprecio, ya que es una de las mayores virtudes que tiene la especie y que la hace superior a los animales que se dan por satisfechos con lo que tienen.

The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

You can't satisfy everybody; especially if there are those who will be dissatisfied unless not everybody is satisfied.

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I've turned out offers before because I know that you're paying others way more I am aware that you're paying others way more whatever it is

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

The gratification of one desire only makes way for another still more exacting.

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