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To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

Aristotle

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

Seneca

The limestone should be cleaned up to look as it did originally. This building is a beautiful building, but when you look at it closely, it's just not satisfactory.

Dave Long

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

Charles Dudley Warner

We came a long way. Was it satisfactory to everyone? Probably not.

Brigid Devries

We consider the turnout this year satisfactory. This number could change as the rest of our reports come in.

Peter Erben

It seems that today we reached a satisfactory conclusion.

Kypros Chrysostomides

They asked us to go back to the government and seek better conditions. We will not resume until we have a satisfactory set of operating conditions agreed with the government.

Gerald Bourke

I think it would be barely satisfactory from the strong message I got from (Vilsack), but we're trying to come up with something that a majority of the board could agree on.

Charles Edwards

We believe that any bank seeking to conduct new financial activities should be required to achieve and maintain a satisfactory CRA record, ... The draft bill fails to include this requirement.

Robert Rubin

The Channel continues to work with legal support on the ground in Liberia in coordination with British consular officials towards a rapid and satisfactory conclusion of this situation.

Channel Four

Overall Palestinian Authority performance to date has been far from satisfactory.

David Welch

The progress has been very satisfactory. We now have a working system in which we will be able to provide adequate warning for those who may be living in or visiting potentially dangerous areas.

Kantathi Suphamongkhon

The Chinese government and people cannot accept the conclusion that the bombing was a mistake, ... The U.S. side must make a satisfactory explanation.

Tang Jiaxuan

We're certainly in great shape, but trying to make the cost of living satisfactory to the retirees is always an issue.

Tom Mann

We really don't know why young men like Kevin are taken from us. I certainly don't have a satisfactory answer as to how this could have happened to a boy with no prior health problems.

Dennis Williams

We want improvements in the text. The intervention of France introduced some new important elements, but the general framework of the counter-declaration is not considered entirely satisfactory to our side.

Kypros Chrysostomides

(St. Edward) beat us off the ball on the dives, we couldn't defend the perimeter, we couldn't knock down a pass, but other than that it was a pretty satisfactory day. I'm not mincing words. That's what I saw and that's what I was watching for two and a half hours out here. We've got to get better on defense. We're not very good at it.

Mike Curry

I lacked a bit of freshness to clock a better time. But overall, it's satisfactory.

Christine Arron

That's a question I've asked myself everyday for the past 18 months, ... I've yet to come up with a satisfactory answer other than my stupidity.

Robert Stevens

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Robertson Davies

The problem when you defer planning is that things can get built in the wrong place in the wrong way that you don't really like. As far as the planning board is concerned, the level of services you're getting right now is not satisfactory.

Angelo Lamantia

The message is the glass is half full, ... The drugs work but they are not satisfactory to many patients, and three-quarters of the people in our study voted with their feet and discontinued the drugs.

Jeffrey Lieberman

In the electronics business there were signs of recovery but it's not yet at a satisfactory level.

Nobuyuki Oneda

Overall it is satisfactory but we hope that there will be further improvement between now and 2009. It is really good news that three countries are lifting the restrictions and almost all the other countries have lifted some restrictions either in some sectors or they are going to be gradually lifting their restrictions up until 2009.

Katharina Von Schnurbein

We've got an agreement with Delphi that is satisfactory. We've been trying to find a soft landing for these individuals.

George Anthony

The development plan was certainly satisfactory, ... The department is very satisfied, very pleased with where (Macon) is.

David Spear

Our understanding is that MSN and AOL have complied with the government's request, that Yahoo has provided some information in response but that information wasn't completely satisfactory (according to) the government.

Aden Fine

There's been very strong growth balanced between domestic demand and exports and falling inflation - a very satisfactory outcome from the point of view, I would suspect, of the policy-maker.

Tim Condon

I am eager to win a gold for China, but the result is less satisfactory in spite of being first. I don't feel quite well physically and I would do better if I got enough time to prepare for the event.

Qi Hui

The IMF is prepared for the time when there is a satisfactory program available, and that must include the involvement of the private sector.

Hans Tietmeyer

If they can come up with something that is satisfactory, we'll present it to the DOJ. If they don't, well see them in court.

Joe Sims

There has to be a more satisfactory answer than let's do more of the same. It's a bit of folly to say people don't put down roots and aren't needed in these jobs.

Angela Kelley

If there is no satisfactory legislative initiative. ... I would expect in all likelihood that somebody will file suit. In my mind, clearly there has been a tremendous wrong done.

Bill Wohlers

The survey shows that business conditions are satisfactory but could be better.

Peter Hendy

Overall it is satisfactory but we hope that there will be further improvement between now and 2009.

Katharina Von Schnurbein

We're sure that they'll come to a satisfactory arrangement.

Brian Thomas

The deal pipeline continues to be satisfactory overall, including investment banking and equity capital markets.

Allan Moss

All three were highly supportive of wind power and are interested in reaching an economically satisfactory arrangement to increase the amount of renewable energy powering this campus.

Kavita Hardy

There are prescribed ways of doing this. I know this is very frustrating and isn't satisfactory, but that's the way it is.

John Timoney

If the Japanese government can not give us a satisfactory reply, we are going to bring an accusation against the Japanese government in court.

Su Xiangxiang

This has been a defining period for Old Mutual, marked by these very satisfactory results that show our organic growth is coming through strongly.

Jim Sutcliffe

The Italian industry has been waiting for months for measures to slow the imports of Chinese footwear. This proposal is not satisfactory.

Leonardo Soana

Instead of providing any satisfactory explanation or documents, the present BCCI management is providing evasive answers like the bidding process was transparent and the bidders were happy.

Jagmohan Dalmiya

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Roger Bacon

John Ford made it possible for anyone who worked with him to actually be the person. Of all the films I've made, this one was the most satisfactory as far as the film went.

Kate Phillips

We anticipate a satisfactory resolution.

Leigh Morris

We're the honest broker in the middle, and we'll try to achieve a solution that's satisfactory to both sides. We hope that some donors will support development aid in 2006 and beyond.

Gerald Bourke

It was a little problematic for us, because we are not a used to playing together. There were some good phases, and for me the test was satisfactory.

Klaus Augenthaler

If you don't get satisfactory answers, don't do business with that person.

Catherine England

We passed the most important phase on the way to reaching our 40-year goal and the founding principles of our republic, ... The document is satisfactory. I am happy to say that common sense prevailed.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Motivator did his first piece of work since his holiday this morning and everything went very well. It was more than satisfactory from what I have been told.

Harry Herbert

The energy factor will be used extensively both to illustrate the performance of the government, which is not satisfactory in that sense, but also to claim that if Ukraine were closer to Russia, there wouldn't be such hardships.

Inna Pidluska

When we questioned him about his whereabouts he was unable to give any satisfactory answer.

Madhup Tiwari

Execution at this business segment was simply not satisfactory.

Brad Martin

In order to grant such a shield, you have to determine who is a journalist, and there is no satisfactory answer to that question.

Al Tompkins

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

Lucy Lawless

All parties reached a satisfactory settlement.

Michael Sussman

We have often waited months before any action is taken. It is less than satisfactory.

Alison King

None of the things I showed you are satisfactory, ... The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape.

Wayne Hale

In practice, however, the situation has been far from satisfactory.

Richard Morris

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.

Russell Hoban

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Erich Fromm