“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
We got instant gratification when we would slip in one of our own songs and people would cheer. We started getting a… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
There's always a tension between wanting to write a really concise, instant gratification type song that gets under your skin the first… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
“We’re an instant-gratification society, and if something doesn’t immediately decimate us like a wooden stake in a vampire’s cold, dead heart, we… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody's anticipation. I know what they want, I know what… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
More and more, I find that I love doing comedies; that instant gratification that you get on stage when they laugh at… — Taylor Louderman Copy Share Image
Everybody wants instant gratification for everything. It's all got to be like fast food. You want a hamburger now, you get it… — Frankie Avalon Copy Share Image
“Piano lessons and regular practice teach discipline and build self-esteem. Piano lessons build a work ethic and reinforce the idea that important… — Marty C. Flinn 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
Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow.… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions,… — Billie Jean King 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
“Our plump predicament comes from the way we think. In America life has become a daily quest for instant gratification. Do we… — Aaron Blaylock Copy Share Image
“When all is said and done, there is no shortcut to Nirvana. But in this narcissistic age of instant gratification and swift… — Joe Fisher Copy Share Image
Our party has failed in going in to those places because we've said, well, we don't get instant gratification back. So therefore,… — Chris Christie 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
I don't have to think much when I take a photo on my iPhone. I sort of see the iPhone medium as… — Diana Silvers 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
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 1789 Revolution had given the French a political script of unequalled drama. For the better part of the following century the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“When you are rich, your past disappears. You get everything you want when you want it . . . Everyone wants to… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
What's the difference between people who feel successful and people who feel they've failed? The answer is mindset: If you learn and… — Eben Pagan Copy Share Image
Where there is an ongoing relationship of caring. Where there is a sense of humor. Where there is a sense of mutual… — William Swing Copy Share Image
“Enslavement to God signifies liberation from all other forms of servitude, and although modern man may think that he is liberated, he… — Donald W. Flood Copy Share Image
The ability to connect keeps our friendships and relations close at hand and of itself is a great thing, but the constantly… — Virgil Nelson 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
“Anyone who speaks Latin (gets egged by the populace for being a nerd) must have wondered from the start if Panem was… — Leah Wilson 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
“We’re becoming impatient and lazy and we’re allowing this to shape our approach to our relationships. But successful relationships aren’t handed over… — Sam Owen Copy Share Image
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential. — Mike Dooley Copy Share Image
I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. — Jami Attenberg 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
