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I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.

"‘Screamers’ and Genocide: A Talk With Serj Tankian From System of a Down". Interview with Richard (RJ) Eskow, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 29, 2006.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

Samuel Johnson (1833). “The Life of Johnson: with Maxims and Observations: Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Selected from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order”, p.218

In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom.

RenĂ© Jules Dubos (1987). “Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change”, p.52, Rutgers University Press

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.372