Satisfying Quotes
549 quotes by 478 authors
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In positive terms, we can state that psychological maturity entails finding greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving; having a capacity to form satisfying and…
— William C. Menninger
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[Presently, science undergraduates] do not learn to write clearly and briefly, marshalling their points in due and aesthetically satisfying order, and eliminating inessentials. They are…
— William Lawrence Bragg
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After a truly good meal, an outstanding cigar is still the most satisfying after-dinner activity that doesn't involve two human beings.
— Unknown Author
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Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the…
— Owen Gingerich
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Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only…
— Amby Burfoot
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We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the…
— Mother Teresa
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Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do.
— Paul Heyman
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Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.
— Stanley Schmidt
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Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.
— Barbara Tuchman
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The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It…
— H.G. Wells
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Our "life education" has not necessarily taught us a satisfying way to live. We suffer from a vague sense that there must be something more,…
— Shakti Gawain
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What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying.
— Stephen Hawking
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What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties…
— Barack Obama
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The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we…
— Bertrand Russell
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There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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Love stories are only fit for the solace of people in the insanity of puberty. No healthy adult human being can really care whether so-and-so…
— Aleister Crowley
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Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.
— Horatio Dresser
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... he preferred his own madness, to the regular sanity. He rejoiced in his own madness, he was free. He did not want that old…
— D. H. Lawrence
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