Famous quotes containing the word satisfied:
“A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Stretched out before her, Rachel curls and curves,
Eyelids and lips apart, her glances filled
With satisfied ferocity; she smiles,
As beasts smile on the prey they have just killed.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“A child who thinks he is good at something even if he is not—soccer, math, violin—is likely to be more resilient than a child who is never satisfied with his efforts.”
—Barbara F. Meltz (20th century)