Gratification Quotes

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In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry,… — Theodor Adorno
There was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were suave, one could… — Gustave Flaubert
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of… — Bill Bryson
I walked inside Macyâ€™s and faced the pathetic spectacle of a department store full of shoppers, none of whom were shopping for themselves. Without the… — Rachel Cohn
It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. — Alison Bechdel
Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into saints and angels.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less… — Hermann Hesse
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. — Aristotle
The realization that my problem was one that concerned all men, a problem of living and thinking, suddenly swept over me and I was overwhelmed… — Hermann Hesse
I'm an American and I want instant gratification. — Jude Deveraux
Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on the approval of… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much as sensual pleasure as possible… — Bill Bryson
She loved the sea for its storms alone, cared for vegetation only when it grew here and there among ruins. She had to extract a… — Gustave Flaubert
We know â€“ it has been measured in many experiments â€“ that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve… — Jonathan Sacks
We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning. — Isabel Allende
Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally. — Eoin Colfer
...there is the sheer emotional, intellectual, physical, chemical pleasure of your children. The honest truth is that the world holds no greater gratification than lying… — Caitlin Moran
For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree of enlargement and… — Mary Wollstonecraft
He could not - say rather, he would not - deny himself the chance of the pleasure of seeing Margaret. He had no end in… — Elizabeth Gaskell

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