#satisfaction

Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems unusually piercing, living, handsome, in another language, and since English is yours, you wish it to be there too. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#appear #began #english #equivalent #except

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#children #dear #fact #gives #i

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. ↗

— Howard Cosell

#competition #derived #done #give #gotten

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#court #disaster #forces #gods #listening

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#satisfaction #death

I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start. ↗

— Stjepan Mesic

#croatia #europe #everyone #find #formula

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow. ↗

— Annie Smith Peck

#before #climbing #few #follow #going

My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships. ↗

— Westbrook Pegler

#always #friendships #given #greater #hates

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. ↗

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

#achievement #after #afterglow #best #come

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her daughter, she is perfectly satisfied ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#satisfaction #women #beauty