Gratification Quotes - Page 16

• I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share.

  Quentin Crisp

  People, Shameless, Share

  "The Naked Civil Servant". Book by Quentin Crisp, Chapter 11, 1968.

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• The byline is a replacement for many other things, not the least of them money. If someone ever does a great psychological profile of journalism as a profession, what will be apparent will be the need for gratification—if not instant, then certainly relatively immediate. Reporters take sustenance from their bylines; they are a reflection of who you are, what you do, and why, to an uncommon degree, you exist. ... A journalist always wonders: If my byline disappears, have I disappeared as well?

  David Halberstam

  Reflection, Degrees, Doe

  David Halberstam (2002). “The Best and the Brightest”, p.15, Modern Library

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• Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

  Ralph Marston

  Choices, Immediate Gratification, Ifs

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• We obey people we don't trust, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like, using money we don't have, for gratifications that don't last, killing animals we don't hate, for pleasures that don't satisfy, dreaming of a life we don't deserve, and praying for an afterlife that doesn't exist, we are a stupid species

  Philip Wollen

  Life, Trust, Dream

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• The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby.

  Ashley Montagu

  Mother, Baby, Emotional

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• Modern woman is no longer satisfied to be the beloved of a man; she looks for understanding, comradeship; she wants to be treated as a human being and not simply as an object for sexual gratification.

  Emma Goldman

  Men, Understanding, Looks

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• I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than the perverse immediate gratification.

  John Maus

  Struggle, Mean, Violence

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage eventually.

  Brendan Dooling

  Missing, Alive, Return

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