#faction

I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #anything #behave #cost #cruelly

I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#being #better #better mother #day #doing

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#hanging #man #object #satisfaction #who

The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good. ↗

— Allan Sloan

#column #done #ego #fun #good

I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#always #any #did #doing #felt

I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction. ↗

— Lusia Strus

#chronic #deep #dissatisfaction #had #i

When the satisfaction or the security of another person becomes as significant to one as one's own satisfaction or security, then the state of love exists. Under no other circumstances is a state of love present, regardless of the popular usage of the term. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

#becomes #circumstances #exists #love #other

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#derived #events #had #having #many

Love is not insatiable. What is insatiable is the need for love. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#love #need #satisfaction #love

He looks again towards the door, expecting Mum to walk in and remind him of something he's forgotten. He smiles awkwardly. 'Is that it, Dad? I've got to go.' 'Your Mum said I should mention ... um ... satisfaction.' 'What!' 'She said young men should know things, should be told things so that the girl won't be ...' his eyes plead for understanding, '... disappointed.' [...] 'No worries, Dad. My biology teacher said I was a natural.' Dad looks confused. 'I'm kidding, Dad.' [...] Poor bloke, having to do the dirty work while Mum's off with her gang. 'Dad? What did Grandpa tell you about sex?' 'He said if I got a girl pregnant, he'd kill me. ↗

— Steven Herrick

#female-satisfaction #funny #sex-talk #funny