“we learned to savor the denial of gratification—that most un-American of pleasures!—” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Our challenge is making a long-term investment in our children in an instant-gratification society.” — Ted Agon Copy Share Image
“If there is one thing that marks families with money over the long term it is this: delayed gratification.” — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
“Walking with God isn't instant gratification. It's a process of growth that will lead you to amazing things.” — Stephan Labossiere Copy Share Image
Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
“Delaying gratification is one of the most rewarding human pleasures. In almost all cases, the anticipation of an enjoyable experience is as… — Karen Amanda Hooper Copy Share Image
Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
“She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes.” — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
I believe the desire for instant gratification is the most destructive force in the world today. It's time to grow up! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masturbation. — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The more you're drowning in familiarity, the better the fun is. It requires less novelty to produce even more gratification. And it's… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the term 'guilty pleasure,' because it implies I should feel ashamed for liking something. A real guilty pleasure… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I enjoy it all: performIng, doing TV, movies, comedy, drama, stand-up, animation voicework, singing, but you get that instant gratification from stand-up… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
In short, the enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Man's earthly existence is but a test as to whether he will concentrate his efforts, his mind, his soul upon things which… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The human heart yearns for the beautiful in all ranks of life. The beautiful things that God makes are His gift to… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“Because money permits a constant stream of luxuries and indulgences, it can take away their savor, and by permitting instant gratification, money… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Nothing excites men's curiosity so much as Mystery, concealing things which they desire to know; and nothing so much increases curiosity as… — Albert Pike 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
We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted,… — Jonathan Sacks 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
The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go… — Glenn Reynolds 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
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
“There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
There's a reason why VOD is so popular. You don't have to wait. There's instant gratification. — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
“I like instant gratification. It’s like instant coffee, only it won’t keep you up all night.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Could a person die from gratification deprivation? It certainly felt like it was a possibility.” — Genna Rulon Copy Share Image
The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
