“Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.” PeopleWayPlayTogetherCultureSportsEnjoyRelaxLeisureAnother WayListening To MusicGratificationTime To Relax Author:Pope Francis
“The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long as man continues to condemn the biological demand for natural sexual gratification.” MenLongDreamCultureNaturalMoralityDemandAnd LoveUnitySexualityGratificationWork And Love Book:The Discovery of the Orgone Source: The Discovery of the Orgone
“We live in a culture that expects instantaneous gratification for everything, and the web has only enhanced that in many ways. It empowers in many ways, but it also makes people believe 'I should have everything right now.'” PeopleWayShouldBelieveCultureRight NowShould HaveEmpoweringGratificationInstantaneous Author:Tony Robbins
“By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money.” JobsLastsCulturePoorAttitudePovertyCrimeLowsAddictionConservativeLifestyleIdeologyErasClockTrustedWagesGratificationAlarmsCornerstonesBad AttitudePromiscuousAlarm Clocks Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“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.” PeopleNeedsKindDesireCultureMillionsEgoGratificationClash Author:Taylor Hackford
“Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.” ImportantCultureNamesSinBuildingTvsPrideEgoProgramCornersMagazinesArticlesAcceptableGratificationEvangelical Author:Richard J. Foster