# Quote — Daniel A. Bell, The Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism

> The one thing that would utterly destroy the new capitalism is the serious practice of deferred gratification.

- Author: [Daniel A. Bell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-a-bell.md)
- Book: [The Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-a-bell/the-cultural-contradictions-of-capitalism.md)
- Page: 78
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Bell#The_Cultural_Contradictions_of_Capitalism_(1976)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [consumerism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/consumerism.md)
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