Satisfactory Quotes

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It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent… — Margaret Oliphant
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of the inequalities and… — Swami Abhedananda
If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the… — Antoine Lavoisier
Twenty years ago many chemists would have defended the theory of bond arms as a satisfactory explanation because they had become accustomed to thinking of… — Henry Margenau
Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution. Ambiguity of language is philosophy's… — Giuseppe Peano
There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different… — Louis Adamic
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to… — Elwyn Brooks White
To me this is the most beautiful, the most satisfactory from a scientific standpoint, the most logical theory of life. For thirty years I have… — Henry Ford
It is agreed, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent… — Mark Twain
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be… — Albert Einstein
America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others. — Bill Nye
To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had. — Brian May
The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for his… — Philippa Pearce
The most satisfactory definition of man from the scientific point of view is probably Man the Tool-maker. — Kenneth Oakley
That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall… — Charles Tupper
Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work. — Karl Kraus
For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he… — Roger Bacon
When problems arise, you will usually find two types of people: whiners and winners. Whiners obstruct progress; they spend hours complaining about this point or… — George Foreman
Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed. — Frank Herbert
A willing, cheerful worker, with his heart in his job, will turn out more work and more satisfactory work in 44 hours than an unwilling… — B. C. Forbes

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