“The nuisance of her presence outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her” — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Each according to his own way of seeing things, seek one goal, that is gratification. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Patience is a virtue in a world focused mostly on immediate results & instant gratification. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification. — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I always try to keep a positive perspective on what's valuable and the importance of restricting that immediate gratification and, most importantly,… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage… — Brendan Dooling Copy Share Image
Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
…goal directed self-imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self-regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service of… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Our ideas of happiness, gratification, contentment, satisfaction, all demand that those feelings come from within us. If you flip that on its… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
“Our culture tells us to want sex, pleasure, and instant gratification. Every hit song raves about it. Consumerism tells us that we… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie… — Trish Stratus Copy Share Image
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“We suffer these things and they fade form memory. But daily, hourly, to give up our own possessions and especially to subordinate… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
We delude ourselves if we believe that skilled behavior is easy, that it can come about without effort. We forget the years… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick… — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of… — Bryan Singer Copy Share Image
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Rewards of the Self Finally, there are the variable rewards we seek for a more personal form of gratification. We are driven… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
I hadn't had that much time practicing behind the drum kit. I've spent an inordinate amount of time listening to and programming… — RJD2 Copy Share Image
Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited. — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
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