The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they… — Jim Barksdale Copy Share Image
You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary… — Sydney Thompson Dobell Copy Share Image
We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
It is a certain sign of an ill heart to be inclined to defamation. They who are harmless and innocent can have… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act… — Patricia Duncker Copy Share Image
The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Numberless have been the systems of iniquity contrived by the great for the gratification of this passion in themselves; but in none… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible… — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth… — William Henry Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
The moral pleasure in art, as well as the moral service that art performs, consists in the intelligent gratification of consciousness. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you'll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Photography, like any other art, is a form of communication. The artist is not blowing bubbles for his own gratification, but is… — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to think that I was the subject of some existentialist experiment in permanently delayed gratification when” — John Green Copy Share Image
We live in a society which on the one hand pressurizes us into the pursuit of instant gratification, and the other hand… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Every seemingly arbitrary destructive action is a reaction of the organism to the frustration of a gratification of a vital need, especially… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
To me, being able to find gratification in more venues, rather than greater gratification in a few, seems like a much more… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Watching a movie with an audience is so exciting. For me, coming from TV, you finish an episode and then it airs,… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
Pleasure is built on self-seeking,but joy is based on self-sacrifice.and the more we pursue self-gratification,the more empty we feel. — Mariane Corbito Copy Share Image
For me, just the sheer fact that I get to act and do this for a living is enough personal gratification and… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Now most of 'Alice' isn't really a political social commentary, but I think a big message is here is that the culture… — Caterina Scorsone Copy Share Image
Logotherapy . . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“He read because it gave him instant gratification in a way nothing else did,and as was the case with all addicts,gratification was… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
