And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from… — Thomas Keller Copy Share Image
The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification — William Blake Copy Share Image
A lot of writers tired of doing kind of hip, slick, funny, dark, exploding hypocrisy, underlining once again the point that life… — David Foster Wallace 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
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
We live in a time of instant everything, courtesy of the electronic highway. It creates a community of toddlers. When they don't… — Faye Kellerman Copy Share Image
“... each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal beatitude. Some connection, if only… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is the desire to see the person we… — Matthew Kelly 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
Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place. — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous… — Michel de Montaigne 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
Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A freak is basically anyone who needs fantasy, degradation, or punishment in order to achieve his interpretation of erotic gratification. — Xaviera Hollander Copy Share Image
Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to… — Blaise Pascal 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
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to… — Henry Kett Copy Share Image
Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
Our impulses toward instant gratification aren't to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn't a worthy goal. We're created with eternity in our… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
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