Quotes About Gratification

Chocolate, coffee, and ice cream were far more reliable when it came to providing a good time, and at least they would never disappoint me.

There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.

Work never failed to give me that same ego boost I had experienced when filming that first cereal commercial. People bent over backward to give me what I wanted. And what kid doesn't want adults eating out of his hand, catering to his every wish? Because life was all about getting to the place where I could be happy all the time, acting was the perfect venue. It wasn't only the ego boost that kept me going. I truly loved what I did.

There was no time for chit-chat when there were chocolate chip pancakes to be eaten.

Creo que hay pocos momentos más gratificantes en la vida que cuando lejanos retazos de información, conversaciones inconexas oídas aquí o allá e intuiciones vagas se alinean de pronto como planetas en el cielo o, mejor aún, como piezas de un calidoscopio que encajan hasta formar un dibujo perfecto.

the world is full of evil wretches who seek nothing but their own self-gratification, and they don't give a damn whom they hurt in the process.

Can I help you with something?" Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. "Those girls on the other side of the car are staring at you." Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. "Of course they are," he said, "I am stunningly attractive.

Why buy a cow when there were udders all around begging to be milked?

Buying food never did make sense to me. When I finally spend some money I prefer to have some permanent evidence of the expenditure. Doing it on something that is immediately consumed leaves me feeling cheated. For much the same reason, I suppose, I have never smoked. Buying something and then setting it on fire is incomprehensible. So

I believe that the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Vice goes a long way tow'rd makin' life bearable. A little vice now an' thin is relished by th' best iv men.

Eve bit into some bacon -- honestly, good sex, a hot shower, then bacon? Did a morning get any better?

That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

Destiny is not for comfort seekers. Destiny is for the daring and determined who are willing to endure some discomfort, delay gratification, and go where Destiny leads.

I'm intoxicated by applause. It's my nectar.

Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.

The more I wrote, the less I needed to play. Once I got started I couldn't stop. This was my salvation. Writing was a better, healthier, and more enjoyable addiction than gambling, even though gambling was a hell of a lot more lucrative. Playing poker, the gratification isn't delayed. Writing, you sometimes have to wait years for the full punishment.

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

If you want psychic gratification, one of the greatest ways is to know that you've made a real contribution to saving a species from blinking out during your lifetime.

When the fans spend money, you normally leave the audience happy.