Top 272 Satisfactory Quotes & Sayings

To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

There can never be a single, satisfactory comprehensive account of the 'history of the British empire.'

A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.

One's dream is defeated not by unsolvable problems, but by all the more-or-less satisfactory solutions that kill it forever.

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: Satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better.

A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark)

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in the other.

Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise.

None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of imagination to make it work.

There is a satisfactory boniness about grammar which the flesh of sheer vocabulary requires before it can become a vertebrate and walk the earth.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

Cry down materialism all you will, surely one of the thoroughly satisfactory sensations of this world is to feel financially independent.

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new

To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer.

The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.

Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations have recognized only one. Where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, business man or artist, a civilization in which there are many standards offers a possibility of satisfactory adjustment to individuals of many different temperamental types, of diverse gifts and varying interests.

Anything that makes a noise is satisfactory to a crowd.

Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully induced alteration an exchange.

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

To be nothing - is that not, after all, the most satisfactory fact in the whole world?

The only really satisfactory confidante for your troubles is someone who enjoys them, and this inevitably cuts out anyone who actually loves you.

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions.

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!

Women owe Friedan an incalculable debt for The Feminine Mystique. Domesticity was not a satisfactory story of an intelligent woman's life.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant.

The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.

We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed, and we must change with it.

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it.

Just because a movie is satisfactory means that the person who makes it is satisfactory. One can make a wonderful movie but still not be a wonderful person. In terms of interviews, it's probably not a good idea, because moviemakers tend not to tell the truth, even when asked a question.

Questions like, "Is my suit OK?", or "Is my job performance satisfactory?", are impossible to think about in the absence of a suitable frame of reference. For an interview suit to serve its purpose, it must make you look good relative to other candidates for the job you want. For your job performance to be satisfactory, it must compare favorably with the performance of others who want the same promotion you do. As Charles Darwin saw clearly, much of life is graded on the curve, and conventional economic models completely ignore that fact.

Regaining favor with your worst enemy is a satisfactory but short lived relief.

a woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.

We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory.

The intuitive, the expressive, the un-measurable, the intensely personal have never found a satisfactory place in the curriculum, in assessment, in the publics esteem.

It would be most satisfactory if physics and psyche could be seen as complementary aspects of the same reality

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

I believe that the monetary stability is an absolutely critical element in the satisfactory operation of a system.

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 diversities of the universe.

All action is an attempt to exchange a less satisfactory state of affairs for a more satisfactory one.

There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.

Having no national system of catastrophic health insurance, we have, through the courts, managed to patch together pieces of a not very satisfactory one.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

Science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion.