Quote by David Rockefeller
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. – David Rockefeller

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My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. – David Rockefeller

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I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making ones life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. – David Rockefeller

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Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector. – David Rockefeller

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It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! – Luigi Pirandello

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It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. – Eric Hoffer

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Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. – Robert Herrick

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Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow. – Henry H. Haskins

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