When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop… — Bat for Lashes 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
“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
Patience is a virtue in a world focused mostly on immediate results & instant gratification. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There’s a huge difference between being childlike and being childish. When we embrace joy and look at the world with fresh eyes… — Seth Godin 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
“Pop culture was repackaged with the iPhone in mind. Our news, information, and video feeds were reformatted to Apple’s specifications. In a… — Craig Detweiler Copy Share Image
You'd hope that no writing about music could supersede the music itself. But I do think that blogs mirror the way that… — Carrie Brownstein 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
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
I love WWE, and I love that platform. There is no other platform in the world that gives me that instant gratification.… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s just human psychological truth really. Anything acquired without effort and without cost investment of time and energy is generally unappreciated within… — Scott Abel Copy Share Image
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as… — Judith Wright 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
Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time. — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
“Americans are accustomed to an instantaneous feedback loop, and have little patience with a product that doesn’t come to life immediately. An… — Martin Lindstrom 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
The phenomena of taking photos and sharing them isn't new, but with Instagram being mobile, both have become cheaper and faster, producing… — Mary Pilon 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
“We want instant lunch, instant cure, instant miracles, instant salary, instant success— instant everything. This instant civilization, we have obsessed with, has… — Boniface Sagini Copy Share Image
We got our headset on Hey what's up guys? I just made my chick cry - where's the Gatling gun? That's what… — Jeremy G 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
