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
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
“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
Given the choice between instant gratification and the lasting satisfaction of earning the esteem of someone you respect and admire, all but… — Mark Goulston 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
In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function… — Bat for Lashes 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
“If you cannot embrace the pain of learning but must have instant gratification, you forfeit the greatest rewards of life.” — John Piper 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
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 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
The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo.… — Jane Grigson 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
“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
One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the… — Noam Chomsky 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
Be nice to your hairstylist. It's an instant gratification! It doesn't matter how badly their day has gone, in that moment they… — Tabatha Coffey 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
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
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
“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
Now most of 'Alice' isn't really a political social commentary, but I think a big message is here is that the culture… — Caterina Scorsone Copy Share Image
We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
“We have reared a generation of incredibly bright young people, who have been fed a diet of instant gratification, seasoned with self-absorbed… — Rick Rigsby 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
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
The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
“I love shopping. There is a little bit of magic found in buying something new. It is instant gratification, a quick fix.” — Rebecca Bloom Copy Share Image
I think we live in the fast instant gratification generation. We want our love like our food, our films, our deliveries... fast… — Asim Chaudhry 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
We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
“We're seeing an epidemic of people who are having a hard time making the transition to work — kids who had too… — Mel Levine Copy Share Image
“Do not rush the taper. Don't get brave. Brave is often foolish and looking for that instant gratification of instant "clean." It… — Taite Adams 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
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
The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is… — Merle Shain 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
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
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
“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
