Beauty is commonly a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
“[A] society that insists on stressing self-expression over self-control generally gets exactly what it deserves. The sulking teenager who insists, "It's not… — Charles J. Sykes Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five… — Questlove Copy Share Image
I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
I like the Internet as place to get instant gratification: posting a comic online is the quickest way to get attention for… — Liz Prince Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something. — Julian Ovenden Copy Share Image
I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle… — Bill Parcells 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
Instant gratification is not as good as that gratification which comes dripping slow, over the sere seasons. — Donald Barthelme 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
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
“I'm a writer by profession and it's totally clear to me that since I started blogging, the amount I write has increased… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
Technology has eliminated the basement darkroom and the whole notion of photography as an intense labor of love for obsessives and replaced… — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
We live in a society which on the one hand pressurizes us into the pursuit of instant gratification, and the other hand… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Most people wish they could erase suffering out of the dictionary. Today's culture of comfort and instant gratification has no patience for… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“wrong. Instant gratification does not usually bring long-term peace. Our peace comes because of foundational things in our spirit and not by… — Shannon A. Scott Copy Share Image
No one wants to be patient. No one wants to wait for anything. They want it right now - that instant gratification. — P. J. Tucker Copy Share Image
I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place. — Steffan Rhodri Copy Share Image
“In old times, life moved at a gentler rhythm, whereas modern times seem to demand constant speed and instant gratification.” — Susan Shrestha 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
Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that… — Raymond Arroyo Copy Share Image
