“ The 1789 Revolution had given the French a political script of unequalled drama. For the better part of the following century the temptation to reenact the play was irresistible. Niall Ferguson
“ In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lowe… Steven Pressfield
“ When you are rich, your past disappears. You get everything you want when you want it . . . Everyone wants to know you. Everyone wants to be your friend. Hannah Lillith Assadi
“ We want instant lunch, instant cure, instant miracles, instant salary, instant success— instant everything. This instant civilization, we have obsessed with, has made us grow a tad too impatient in vi… Boniface Sagini
“ Our need for instant gratification is the reason we’re drawn to liars and hot air blowers. Izey Victoria Odiase
