Satisficer Quotes & Sayings

The Night Is Darkening Round Me
The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.
Clouds beyond clouds above me,
Wastes beyond wastes below;
But nothing drear can move me;
I will not, cannot go. — Emily Bronte

Everyone's competing for a love they won't receive. — Lorde

A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of 'balance' and 'deterrence'. — Alva Myrdal

The fanatic emphasis on 'Plan B' that professionals talk about is not a coward's fall-back system. It serves a purpose, a purpose that a strategist has envisioned and planned before the need for an alternate solution surfaces. — Andy Paula

Until you can intelligently articulate the other side's position, you are not an adult. You are a liberal. — Ann Coulter

Oh, that the wise from their bright minds would kindle
Such lamps within the dome of this dim world
That the pale name of priest might shrink and dwindle
Into the Hell from which it first was furled. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Alec rolled beautiful brown eyes. "No fair playing the death card."
"No fair having it to play. — Rachel Vincent

The world seemed a bad and terrible place, all its denizens suspect, and I the lamb
wandering through the valley of death with a bell around my neck. — Charlaine Harris

I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority. — Malcolm X

The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend. — Lewis H. Lapham

It is true that a great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them. But it is a great mistake to suppose that he will do this better for being ignorant of the traditions. — John Stuart Mill