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

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.

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.

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.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can’t be entertained – or people who are afraid. You can’t entertain a man who has no food.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

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.

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.

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.

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

If you’re really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, ‚Hey;‘ you just very calmly present something.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

As for our majority… one is enough.

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

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 was terrible in English. I couldn’t stand the subject. It seemed to me ridiculous to worry about whether you spelled something wrong or not, because English spelling is just a human convention – it has nothing to do with anything real, anything from nature.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

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

‚Do you spell it with a ‚V‘ or a ‚W‘?‘ inquired the judge. ‚That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord‘.

For greed all nature is too little.

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

I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn’t mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they’re happy if they do get it.

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

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

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

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Sometimes it’s Tune-berg, sometimes Thunn-berg. I mean, I think it’s funny that everyone pronounces it differently. So, that is just – I don’t mind anyone pronouncing it wrong. There’s no wrong way to pronounce it. Everyone pronounces it in their own way.

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

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‚Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.‘

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.

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

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.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

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

I’ve enjoyed all the parts of my career.

Value is what you get.

He who is contented is rich.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

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.

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

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

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

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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