„Nature is satisfied with little; and if she is, I am also.“
— Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher 1632 - 1677
As quoted in The Story of Philosophy (1933) by Will Durant, p. 176
„I am satisfied with the dissatisfaction that never rests until it is satisfied and satisfied again.“
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„The mind can never be satisfied.“
— Wallace Stevens American poet 1879 - 1955
"The Well Dressed Man With a Beard"
Harmonium (1923)
Varianta: It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.
Zdroj: The Collected Poems
Kontext: Out of a thing believed, a thing affirmed:
The form on the pillow humming while one sleeps,
The aureole above the humming house...
It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.
„Be happy, but never satisfied.“
— Bruce Lee Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker 1940 - 1973
„Passion, intellect, moral activity — these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they cannot be satisfied.“
— Florence Nightingale English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing 1820 - 1910
Cassandra (1860)
Kontext: Passion, intellect, moral activity — these three have never been satisfied in a woman. In this cold and oppressive conventional atmosphere, they cannot be satisfied. To say more on this subject would be to enter into the whole history of society, of the present state of civilisation.
„He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.“
— Epicurus, Principal Doctrines
The Essential Epicurus : Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments (1993) edited by Eugene Michael O'Connor, p. 99
„I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.“
— Oscar Wilde Irish writer and poet 1854 - 1900
As quoted in Oscar Wilde : An Idler's Impression (1917) http://books.google.com/books?id=ddAVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=edgar+saltus+wilde&cd=3#v=snippet&q=satisfied&f=false by Edgar Saltus, p. 20
„I am satisfied… I see, dance, laugh, sing.“
— Walt Whitman, kniha Fulles d'herba
Zdroj: Leaves of Grass
„My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.“
— Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874 - 1965
Varianta: I am easily satisfied with the very best.
„Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.“
— Pythagoras ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585 - -495 př. n. l.
As quoted in The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors (1853) by Everard Berkeley
Varianta: Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
„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 German mathematician and physical scientist 1777 - 1855
As quoted in Calculus Gems (1992) by George F. Simmons
„The fact is that being seductive is an addiction that can never be satisfied.“
— Gabriel García Márquez, kniha Strange Pilgrims
Zdroj: Strange Pilgrims
„One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows.“
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, kniha Elective Affinities
Bk. II, Ch. 2
Elective Affinities (1809)
„God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels.“
— Mohammed Omar Founder and former leader of the Taliban 1959 - 2013
Mullah Omar - in his own words http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,558076,00.html September 2001.
„I never made a film which fully satisfied me.“
— Roman Polanski Polish-French film director, producer, writer, actor, and rapist 1933
Polanski : His Life and Films (1982)
„I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for betterment for me.“
— Jayne Mansfield American actress, singer, model 1933 - 1967
„Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.“
— Samuel Richardson, kniha Clarissa
Vol. 2, p. 452; Letter 126.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
„Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.“
— Marcus Aurelius, kniha Hovory k sobě
XII, 36
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XII
„No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit“
— Leo Tolstoy, kniha Anna Karenina
Zdroj: Anna Karenina
„He's satisfied with himself. If you have a soul you can't be satisfied.“
— Graham Greene English writer, playwright and literary critic 1904 - 1991
Zdroj: Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party