Satisfy Quotes
632 quotes by 498 authors
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In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the…
— Alfred Marshall
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The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal, has had the…
— Vilfredo Pareto
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I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness…
— Scott Turow
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Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion.
— Albert J. Nock
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Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree of…
— Bill W.
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The best patients are the worst patients. Nudge, nudge, nudge. Don't sit back and accept anything that fails to satisfy you. Speak up, protect your…
— Claire Fagin
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I thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast so set eternity within my heart that no earthly thing can ever satisfy me wholly.
— John Baillie
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For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen: For the strong sense I have that this is not my home:For…
— John Baillie
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Only six electronic digital computers would be required to satisfy the computing needs of the entire United States,
— Howard Aiken
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The starting-point and chief principle of every science, and hence of theology also, is not only methodical doubt, but positive doubt. One can believe only…
— Georg Hermes
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Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don't always represent a real situation.
— Richard P. Feynman
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Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will say. But I…
— Blaise Pascal
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The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do…
— Philip Yancey
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Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimulate new ones, if everyone were genuinely happy, there would be no need for…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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The view after seventy is breathtaking. What is lacking is someone, anyone, of the older generation to whom you can turn when you want to…
— William Maxwell
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None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so…
— William Throsby Bridges
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From time immemorial men have quenched their thirst with water without knowing anything about its chemical constituents. In like manner we do not need to…
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
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The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no…
— Ajahn Sumedho
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Nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise,…
— Randy Alcorn
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