We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.

This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he’s Frank and in Chicago he’s Ernest.

Before I look stupid and not know what a word means or how to pronounce it, I’ll stop the whole production: ‚Hey, real quick, guys. Define this word for me. Somebody.‘

Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life’s ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.

He who is contented is rich.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage – they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I feel that I’ve done what I wanted to do, and that makes me feel fairly content.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.

The educated Southerner has no use for an ‚r‘, except at the beginning of a word.

My name can’t be that tough to pronounce!

As for our majority… one is enough.

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

I’m interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it’s quite a satisfying thing to do, isn’t it?

The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

I’m not looking to get away from anything. I like what I’ve done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don’t speak the language and haven’t been before – that’s really satisfying to me. I like that.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‚Blah, blah, blah.‘ That’s when I get crazy.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

I think we’re having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we’re always trying to do better.

Being ‚contented‘ ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

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.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

I’m always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.

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.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.