Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal 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
“The patterns of gratification are simple, and seem to fall into two patterns, the Great Bitch and the Poison Maiden.” — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
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
“It dawned on me that my world was defined by accumulation, by the gratification of acquiring things, of seeing numbers go up… — Leon Logothetis 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
I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant… — Chris Daughtry Copy Share Image
I've been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
Parents who have been successful in acquiring more often have a difficult time saying no to the demands of overindulged children. Their… — H. David Burton Copy Share Image
“They therefore have no opportunity to suffer the interval between desire and gratification which the less privileged endure, and which, for all… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our senses…are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“It's often suggested that as a culture, we're only interested in immediate gratification. Fast food. Self-checkout. Downloadable music, movies, books. Instant coffee,… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“People claim to want to do something that matters, yet they measure themselves against things that don’t, and track their progress not… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long,… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new. — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is… — Anthony Famiglietti Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that expects instantaneous gratification for everything, and the web has only enhanced that in many ways. It… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
The things that give instant gratification like social media, or expensive cars, or splurging on gadgets yet no life, or retail therapy,… — Bhumika Chawla Copy Share Image
The gratification comes, for me, in the doing of it. And once I've done it, I can't do anything about it if… — Cicely Tyson 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
The insight is born with anxiety, guilt and the joy and gratification that is inseparable from the actualizing of a new idea… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“In our quest for entertainment and instant gratification, we have become detached from the real world and its problems, contributing to the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Modern woman is no longer satisfied to be the beloved of a man; she looks for understanding, comradeship; she wants to be… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong… — Judith Krantz Copy Share Image
Vegas is the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements, bizarre and beautiful in its venality and in its devotion to immediate… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
We must accept all of Gods will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and… — Rod Parsley 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
Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
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
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
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
Instant gratification is so overrated. It's about the process. It's the difficulty. It's the grind of all of it that you better… — Bob Myers 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
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
We want people on the Internet to go to Imgur for their viral image fix. And what's so awesome about images vs.… — Alan Schaaf Copy Share Image
