Satisfied Quotes - Page 21

• And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.

  Alfred Doblin

  Friday, Justice, World

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• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  Zac Efron

  Thinking, Careers, Odds

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

  George Eliot

  Relationship, Jealousy, Heart

  George Eliot (2016). “The Mill on the Floss: Top Novelist Focus”, p.394, 谷月社

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• The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

  George Eliot

  Ego, Doe, Belief

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.345, Penguin

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• Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

  Marcus Garvey

  Memorial Day, People, Suffering

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Time, Writing, Math

  "Calculus Gems". Book by George F. Simmons, 1992.

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• Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

  Henry George

  Philosophy, Men, Animal

  Henry George (2006). “Progress and Poverty”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

  Thierry Henry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Light, Ease, Neglect

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion”, p.259, Macmillan

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• When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

  Herbert Hoover

  Jobs, War, Men

  "31st President Achieved Prominence in Four Major Careers During His Lifetime". www.nytimes.com. Ooctober 21, 1964.

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• The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Knowledge, Ignorance

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

  Lee Iacocca

  Moving On, Procrastination, Long

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• At the end of the day, I feel like I have no one to blame but myself if I'm not satisfied with how I look on the runway.

  Chanel Iman

  The End Of The Day, Looks, Blame

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• Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Country, Slave, Born

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• So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Done, Intention

  Thomas Jefferson (1855). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.135

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• Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

  Billy Joel

  People, Junk, Junk Food

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• The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mind, Breaking Away, Anticipation

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.3

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• A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

  Chuck Jones

  Hungry Lion, Together, Lions

  Chuck Jones (1999). “Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist”, p.166, Macmillan

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• Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Average, Cheerful, Looks

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• We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Champion, Different, World

  "Are You Happy Now?". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 10, 2005.

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• Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Movie, Thinking, Film Directing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Satisfaction, Posts

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• I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.

  Annie Lennox

  Looks, Comeback, Incredibles

  "Question time: Annie Lennox". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2009.

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• I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

  Ryan Lochte

  Thinking, Olympics, Outcomes

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• Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Powerful, Passion

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