#faction

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#because #become #derive #her #his

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#faction #found #made #natural #persecution

I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#children #clothes #get #i #maximum

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#enterprise #essentially #formula #free #free enterprise

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over. ↗

— Eric Brown

#be nice #could #course #creative #i

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society. ↗

— John Cameron

#i #knowing #satisfaction #society #something

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction. ↗

— John Chamberlain

#basically #dissatisfaction #dissatisfied #find #made

If your record doesn't sell that well, man, who cares? All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#cares #comes #i #i love #love

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction. ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#dissatisfaction #love #solitude #under #weight