Satisfactory Outcome Quotes

Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first...The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

A result of accommodation and compromise cannot be supposed perfectly to coincide with any one’s idea of perfection.

I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect', when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

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.

It's much better to have a good agreement than a quick agreement.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

When problems arise, you will usually find two types of people: whiners and winners. Whiners obstruct progress; they spend hours complaining about this point or that, without offering positive solutions. Winners acknowledge the existence of the problem, but they try to offer practical ideas that can help resolve the matter in a manner that is satisfactory to both parties.

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

This will be my last contract. I wanted it to be a good one.

It was brief, swift, and then it was done. It was a professional job. I needed to be kissed, and I was kissed.