Quotes about Granted

Granted that I must die, how shall I live? Votes: 4

Never take anything for granted. Votes: 3

Granted, I'm someone who loves words. I've always loved poetry - so it's suited to me. Votes: 3

Granted, this system is insane, but we must not let sanity stand in the way of airport security. Votes: 3

Granted that every war is madness-civil war, fratricide, is the worst of all; it reaches deeper into ugliness, cruelty and absurdity. Votes: 3

We can make life in the computer. Granted, it's limited, but we have learned what it takes in order to actually construct it. Votes: 3

Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there's no sense in denying it. It's in my blood. Votes: 3

Granted there are only seven stories in the universe. And I agree with that. But give me a great variation of those stories. And literate. Votes: 3

Granted, in order to give selflessly, one often starts giving selfishly. As Tiresias said to Odysseus: "Honey ... you don't get through hell in a hurry" Votes: 3

Granted, in order to give selflessly, one often starts giving selfishly. As Tiresias said to Odysseus: "Honey ... you don't get through hell in a hurry" Votes: 3

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but it should exist. Votes: 3

I love going out to clubs. Granted, I don't get hammered or do anything to embarrass myself. I'd call myself wholesome but it's not like I only drink milk. Votes: 3

You can't take good health for granted. Votes: 2

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. Votes: 2

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted. Votes: 2

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Votes: 2

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Votes: 2

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed. Votes: 2

Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life. Votes: 2

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Votes: 2

It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door. Votes: 2

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. Votes: 2

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. Votes: 2

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Votes: 2

Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God. Votes: 2

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. Votes: 2

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. Votes: 2

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. Votes: 2

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life. Votes: 2

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. Votes: 2

How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past. Votes: 2

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Votes: 2

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. Votes: 2

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted. Votes: 2

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation. Votes: 2

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. Votes: 2

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed. Votes: 2

You've always got to work to your highest ability level. When times are great and restaurants are jamming, that's when some restaurants get sloppy and take things for granted. Never take things for granted. Votes: 2

After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind. Votes: 2

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it. Votes: 2

When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Votes: 2

There's so much to appreciate about my life every single day, and I make a big point of taking time to smell the roses and noticing how lucky I am. I never want to take that for granted. Votes: 2

Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship. The American people are not. They're concerned about jobs, the economy, debt. They're concerned about a plundering country. They're concerned about a decaying, dying country. Votes: 2

When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion. Votes: 2

There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members had confessed to two other people, and those people, I'm sure, will be called as witnesses, as they were at the grand jury. Votes: 2

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Votes: 2

I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true. Votes: 2

It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I've gotta say, I don't blame her. Not one bit. Votes: 2

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Votes: 2

I have learned that some of the nicest people you'll ever meet are those who have suffered a traumatic event or loss. I admire them for their strength, but most especially for their life gratitude - a gift often taken for granted by the average person in society. Votes: 2

When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter. Votes: 2

The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord's way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them. Votes: 2

I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that I have been shown, I now know what it means to be 'beloved.' I now know that no breath is to be taken for granted. Votes: 2

We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our political or social life. It's been impossible to get rid of them, so we took them for granted, and we kind of thought, naively, that they're always the enemy. Votes: 2

If given a chance, I would really want to explore the monuments in Delhi, like Qutub Minar and the forts. I have been there as a child, but now I want to go back and understand the history and significance behind them. We take all of these things for granted in life. Votes: 2

Every job I take, within minutes I'm thinking, 'I can't do this.' I think it's what makes me work. People think I just swagger in and do it. But I doubt myself all the time. It's what pushes me, what makes me work harder. The older I get, the less I take for granted. Votes: 2

We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II. Votes: 2

Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here. Votes: 2

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me. Votes: 2

One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of the Atlantic is that it's sort of taken for granted that we all basically know what's in the Bible, and so we just glance at a few verses for devotional purposes and then get on to the real business. Votes: 2

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything. Votes: 2

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less. Votes: 2

Pardon is granted to necessity. Votes: 0

Take no moment for granted. Votes: 0

Don't take things for granted. Votes: 0

I don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Unity cannot be taken for granted. Votes: 0

You can't take life for granted. Votes: 0

I am not taking anything for granted. Votes: 0

You cant take good health for granted. Votes: 0

I don't ever take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Blessings taken for granted are often forgotten. Votes: 0

People take the feeling of full for granted. Votes: 0

In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence. Votes: 0

It's important not to take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly. Votes: 0

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted. Votes: 0

Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken. Votes: 0

I think women are often taken for granted. Votes: 0

Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted. Votes: 0

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. Votes: 0

He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally. Votes: 0

I don't take any day for granted anymore. Votes: 0

The time for your labor has been granted. Votes: 0

I took my sight and mobility for granted. Votes: 0

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused. Votes: 0

Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses Votes: 0

Expressing yourself when he takes for granted doesn't work. Votes: 0

Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted. Votes: 0

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman. Votes: 0

There is so much that people take for granted. Votes: 0

'Reality' is a notion that journalists take for granted. Votes: 0

Life is a gift. Never take it for granted. Votes: 0

I don't take a scene or word for granted. Votes: 0

Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation. Votes: 0

Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted. Votes: 0

We take for granted how our mind puts everything together. Votes: 0

Life is beautiful. Look around. Don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

I dont take my fans love and dedication for granted. Votes: 0

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say. Votes: 0

I live life and I don't take it for granted. Votes: 0

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted. Votes: 0

Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Votes: 0

Never give up and take nothing for granted in life. Votes: 0

In taking life for granted, we fail to notice it. Votes: 0

Be careful what you ask of Heaven; it might be granted. Votes: 0

The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted. Votes: 0

Strength is gathered on the journey, not granted at the outset. Votes: 0

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect. Votes: 0

We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings. Votes: 0

I appreciate everything that I have, versus taking it for granted. Votes: 0

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. Votes: 0

Scientists generally, not just evolutionary biologists, don't take much for granted. Votes: 0

You never can take for granted that you have a job. Votes: 0

Take each other for better or worse, but not for granted. Votes: 0

Character is formed out of those small decisions taken for granted Votes: 0

I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute. Votes: 0

Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity. Votes: 0

The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again. Votes: 0

Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely. Votes: 0

Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted. Votes: 0

A birthday wish granted 23 years late is still a birthday wish granted. Votes: 0

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull. Votes: 0

The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created. Votes: 0

Privacy is a privilege not granted to the aged or the young. Votes: 0

It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. Votes: 0

Your wish has be granted by God. Time will make it manifest. Votes: 0

What we take for granted might not be here for our children. Votes: 0

Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops. Votes: 0

We've all had those moments where we take a person for granted. Votes: 0

I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. Votes: 0

If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft. Votes: 0

I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted. Votes: 0

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour. Votes: 0

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people. Votes: 0

It's always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted. Votes: 0

He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted. Votes: 0

Its always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted. Votes: 0

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted. Votes: 0

Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. Votes: 0

How insensitive, inartistic, unscientific, and ungracious it is to take anything for granted! Votes: 0

To be wise and eke to love, Is granted scarce to gods above. Votes: 0

Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted. Votes: 0

So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness. Votes: 0

Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death. Votes: 0

Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace. Votes: 0

I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted. Votes: 0

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood. Votes: 0

The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted. Votes: 0

I'll never take for granted the opportunity to put on a Dodger uniform. Votes: 0

This was not a spurr-of-the-moment decision. Do not take me for granted... again. Votes: 0

There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world. Votes: 0

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations. Votes: 0

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. Votes: 0

I, quite frankly, am grateful for every day. I don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used. Votes: 0

Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted. Votes: 0

Condiments are like old friends - highly thought of, but often taken for granted. Votes: 0

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.. Votes: 0

Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted. Votes: 0

Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted. Votes: 0

Don't take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us. Votes: 0

Don't get caught up in other people's expectations. Don't take anything for granted, either. Votes: 0

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted. Votes: 0

The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel. Votes: 0

Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted. Votes: 0

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days. Votes: 0

What we usually take for granted, could be seen as a miracle by many. Votes: 0

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder. Votes: 0

It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted. Votes: 0

Sight is something you take for granted until you think you might lose it. Votes: 0

The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved. Votes: 0

The transgender community deserves the dignity and respect that most people take for granted. Votes: 0

The relationship you take for granted is the one that needs the greatest work. Votes: 0

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted. Votes: 0

All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights. Votes: 0

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. Votes: 0

We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. Votes: 0

I have no lucky charm. I am 100 percent superstition-free, and I take nothing for granted. Votes: 0

In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared. Votes: 0

...the end of the world hasn't granted the clumsiest among us any measure of grace. Votes: 0

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel. Votes: 0

I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. Votes: 0

I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body. Votes: 0

But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live. Votes: 0

Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog. Votes: 0

I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted. Votes: 0

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man. Votes: 0

In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, Josée Jongen. Votes: 0

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us, don't take us for granted! Votes: 0

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. Votes: 0

I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do. Votes: 0

To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills. Votes: 0

When the eye wakes up to see again, it suddenly stops taking anything for granted. Votes: 0

If history is any guide, much of what we take for granted simply isn't true. Votes: 0

No 'we' should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people's pain. Votes: 0

If we continually take others for granted, that which we've been granted will soon be taken. Votes: 0

Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and more backward countries. Votes: 0

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded... Votes: 0

I have had the hardihood to say that Swaraj could not be granted even by God. Votes: 0

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others. Votes: 0

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court has only granted citizenship to the children born to legal immigrants, not illegal. Votes: 0

You may discover your purpose, but if you take it for granted, you will abuse yourself. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court has only granted citizenship to the children born to legal immigrants, not illegal. Votes: 0

I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted. Votes: 0

When you stop giving attention to someone that takes you for granted, they will notice...trust! Votes: 0

God gives us the ugliness so we don't take the beautiful things in life for granted. Votes: 0

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life. Votes: 0

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists. Votes: 0

Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with perfection. I want to work. I don't want to take this for granted. Votes: 0

I learned that once it's over, it's really over, and to not take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted. Votes: 0

When you have things taken away, you promise you'll never take anything for granted ever again. Votes: 0

You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out. Votes: 0

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel. Votes: 0

When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas? Votes: 0

The reader can't take much for granted in a fiction where the scenery can eat the characters. Votes: 0

You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of. Votes: 0

Boundaries get blurry and identities can get lost easily. It's easy to take your partner for granted. Votes: 0

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. Votes: 0

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically. Votes: 0

We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Votes: 0

I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me. Votes: 0

Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered. Votes: 0

I'm not only a romanticist but a romantic myself. I take it for granted the originality matters. Votes: 0

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted. Votes: 0

A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. Votes: 0

To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true. Votes: 0

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Votes: 0

You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired. Votes: 0

Heaven can wait, but I cannot. I cannot take for granted that time is on my side. Votes: 0

Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement. Votes: 0

A woman's love for a man should never be taken for granted. What is life without love? Votes: 0

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be. Votes: 0

Aggression, like every other part of human behavior we take for granted, is a challenging engineering problem! Votes: 0

Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head. Votes: 0

The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state. Votes: 0

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part. Votes: 0

May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory Votes: 0

Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered Votes: 0

The sweet companionship of eternal marriage is one of the greatest blessings God has granted to His children. Votes: 0

Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them Votes: 0

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. Votes: 0

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world. Votes: 0

To be moral involves taking a position towards that matrix, thinking critically about what is taken for granted. Votes: 0

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. Votes: 0

A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government. Votes: 0

A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted. Votes: 0

There is hardly anything that an ingenious mind cannot bring itself to doubt, granted sufficient industry and application. Votes: 0

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. Votes: 0

The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted,Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find. Votes: 0

Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves. Votes: 0

She recognized that this city was a place that granted you only what you were willing to claim Votes: 0

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us. Votes: 0

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now? Votes: 0

The thing is, I don't take anything for granted anymore - my family, my music, you name it. Votes: 0

Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits. Votes: 0

It's a season of life, if your granted peace, freedom and you got the right person to love. Votes: 0

I can say sincerely, don't take your voice for granted. It is truly what makes us all equal. Votes: 0

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary. Votes: 0

Little I ask And that little is not granted." There are few crumbs In this world any more. Votes: 0

I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted. Votes: 0

If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat. Votes: 0

The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so; then your wish will be granted. Votes: 0

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person. Votes: 0

I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better. Votes: 0

Why is it taken for granted that women should earn less than men? No! They have the same rights. Votes: 0

I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile. Votes: 0

Do you forget that I am your sister?" "No; I've never been granted the opportunity to forget it. Votes: 0

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty. Votes: 0

There's nothing you can take for granted; not a single day, not a single minute, not a single relationship. Votes: 0

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. Votes: 0

Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority. Votes: 0

Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence. Votes: 0

Nothin' taken for granted, just learn from my mistakes. My will too strong, my spirit's somethin' they can't take. Votes: 0

Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us. Votes: 0

When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted. Votes: 0

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority. Votes: 0

The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all. Votes: 0

For as long as anyone can remember, reliable, cheap electricity has been taken for granted in the United States. Votes: 0

My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control. Votes: 0

Cassie Wright knows, the moment you make yourself available to any man, he starts to take you for granted Votes: 0

Through persistent dedication, Susan B. Anthony, and other remarkable leaders, women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920. Votes: 0

Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. Votes: 0

Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted. Votes: 0

When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there. Votes: 0

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted. Votes: 0

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive. Votes: 0

I promised myself that no matter where I went, what I did, I'd never take anything for granted again. Votes: 0

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied. Votes: 0

It's all good when we making love, all I ask is don't take our love for granted, it's granted. Votes: 0

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it. Votes: 0

I realize I can never take my success for granted. It's not attractive for anyone to be like that. Votes: 0

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. Votes: 0

...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage Votes: 0

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them. Votes: 0

The attraction of dating is that you don't take yes for granted - - you're fully engaged, there's seductiveness, tension. Votes: 0

When we're younger we take our bodies for granted because they're top-notch. You don't always think in the long run. Votes: 0

I ask of any God, of any gods, that if they give immortality, I hope to be granted oblivion also. Votes: 0

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle. Votes: 0

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms Votes: 0

Most people are one car wreck away from needing somebody's help. So, I don't take anything for granted much anymore. Votes: 0

Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again. Votes: 0

I find that the kinds of music Im drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted. Votes: 0

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world. Votes: 0

Too many people realize at the end of their lives that they've taken for granted those who really love them. Votes: 0

I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything. Votes: 0

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October. Votes: 0

I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town. Votes: 0

Volunteering is so pervasive it's invisible. We take for granted all the things that have been pioneered by concerned, active volunteers. Votes: 0

It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things. Votes: 0

In the Far East, it is taken for granted that the training of a monk is physically rigorous and academically challenging. Votes: 0

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped. Votes: 0

The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted. Votes: 0

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . . Votes: 0

Ive never taken for granted what weve had, not for one single game, not one single practice, ... Ive truly been blessed. Votes: 0

In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved. Votes: 0

Humans were so ignorant, taking for granted what they received from each other, never knowing the energy they passed between themselves. Votes: 0

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted. Votes: 0

When something is universal enough in our everyday lives, we take it for granted to the point of forgetting it exists. Votes: 0

There's a million ways to live on this thing called a planet, I'mma live everyday, I ain't takin' nothing for granted. Votes: 0

I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town. Votes: 0

Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. Votes: 0

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. Votes: 0

Never take anyone for granted. Never take anyone's kindness for their weakness. What's once yours could easily turn into a memory. Votes: 0

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. Votes: 0

I suppose the things that you always take for granted, that you don't even notice, are what you miss the most. Votes: 0

With Marguerite, he wanted only time"”more and more time"”and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and nighttimes again. Votes: 0

It is very easy to take for granted the phenomenon that we are each alive, but we must try not to. Votes: 0

To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue. Votes: 0

We cannot take for granted that the future will be better, and that means we need to work to create it today. Votes: 0

Let us not take what we eat for granted; let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise. Votes: 0

My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do. Votes: 0

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives. Votes: 0

Most people who use the Internet seem take its nature and characteristics for granted, like we take air and water for granted. Votes: 0

She didn't want to be reminded of her past or how different her present was from the future she'd taken for granted. Votes: 0

Our prayers are granted as soon as we have prayed, even though the process of fulfilling our requests has not yet begun. Votes: 0

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more. Votes: 0

When you take the fact that you're loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is. Votes: 0

It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it. Votes: 0

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers methe degree to which I take that for granted shames me.-Streetwalking with Jesus Votes: 0

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans. Votes: 0

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room. Votes: 0

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God. Votes: 0

The National Socialist Movement has wrought this miracle. If Almighty God granted success to this work, then the Party was His instrument. Votes: 0

With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted. Votes: 0

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. Votes: 0

It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it. Votes: 0

The business of judging a headline AFTER you read the copy is wrong. It takes for granted that everybody reads the copy. Votes: 0

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven. Votes: 0

He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace. Votes: 0

Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it! Votes: 0

Bad music is often the result of an attempt by the untrained, something that takes for granted that you're very highly trained. Votes: 0

Freedom is like health, it is taken for granted while one has it. One becomes aware of it when it has gone. Votes: 0

In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted. Votes: 0

When you meet someone you really like and connect with, I think that's very special, and not to be taken for granted. Votes: 0

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course. Votes: 0

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like. Votes: 0

Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised. Votes: 0

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children Votes: 0

In taking the everyday details of life for granted, we fail to appreciate the extraordinary fact that we are conscious at all. Votes: 0

That's what a community is: taking for granted certain assumptions, not having to start from zero every time. This is no longer true. Votes: 0

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted. Votes: 0

We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case. Votes: 0

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. Votes: 0

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames me. -Streetwalking with Jesus Votes: 0

Take nothing for granted. Make an emotional discovery as often as you can find one in every scene. Ask yourself: What is new? Votes: 0

It's always money no matter kind of budget you have, though, it forces you to be creative and not take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent. Votes: 0

There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity, Votes: 0

I feel strongly about showing up and being prepared and not taking the opportunity for granted and being conscientious about my fellow co-workers. Votes: 0

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave. Votes: 0

I choose to be with him for however many days or minutes we are granted, and to count myself blessed to have them. Votes: 0

Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived. Votes: 0

Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for granted. Votes: 0

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will. Votes: 0

No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted. Votes: 0

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. Votes: 0

Because it's free, easy to use, and high-quality, photography is now a fixture in our daily lives - something we take for granted. Votes: 0

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor. Votes: 0

He is annoyed with their lack of interest, their blithe ignorance of the arbitrary genetic lottery that has granted them their privileged lives. Votes: 0

What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence. Votes: 0

All things pass...Perhaps the passage of time is a kind of healing, or a kind of salvation granted equally to all people. Votes: 0

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity. Votes: 0

So ... will you stay with me until it's over? Please?" "Kaylee, I would do anything for the girl who granted my dying wish. Votes: 0

Listening is so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we really are. Votes: 0

Here today, may be gone tomorrow! Never take anyone or nothing for granted! Be sure to count your blessing daily because tomorrow isn't promised. Votes: 0

If associations to control burglary and murder were tolerated we should take it for granted that the members should all be burglers and murderers. Votes: 0

Socialistic practices are now so ingrained in our thinking, so customary, so much a part of our mores, that we take them for granted. Votes: 0

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted. Votes: 0

...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious. Votes: 0

I guess the main thing is, you unconsciously take things for granted, and you think the audience is with you, because you're with yourself. Votes: 0

All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off. Votes: 0

Humiliation, slavery, fear have perverted us to the bone; we no longer look like men... . Men must be granted the respect due to them. Votes: 0

Gay rights to me that is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment. Votes: 0

Let us not take for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small. Votes: 0

Freedom, especially a woman's freedom, is a conquest to be made, not a gift to be received. It isn't granted. It must be taken. Votes: 0

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life. Votes: 0

I don't take it for granted, because I saw the fruits of Stan's [Lee] 50-year labor, and I didn't have to wait 50 years myself. Votes: 0

What could be a greater privilege than to listen to the voice of God, and be granted by God himself the ears to hear? Votes: 0

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted. Votes: 0

Let us not take it for granted that life exists more in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small. Votes: 0

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted. Votes: 0

Most of us take seeds for granted. The fate of human kind is resting on these genetic resources: Seeds. So nothing could be more important. Votes: 0

I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don't want to be here or something like that. Votes: 0

This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted. Votes: 0

It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even for a second. Votes: 0

We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion. Votes: 0

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. Votes: 0

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once. Votes: 0

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted. Votes: 0

Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole. Votes: 0

It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves. Votes: 0

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted. Votes: 0

A generous donor (who had no doubt lived a life that imperiled his mortal soul) had granted [the Sisters] more than one hundred waterfront acres. Votes: 0

Thank God for the day. Thank God for the morning. Won't take this here for granted; no, good Lord, I gots to get on it. Votes: 0

I'm blessed, and I say it all the time that I don't take anything for granted. I studied my craft and just stick with it. Votes: 0

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted. Votes: 0

Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted. Votes: 0

Expectations ruin the pleasures of life. To overcome every bad and appreciate every good, consider every day your last and take no one for granted. Votes: 0

By His life, death, and resurrection, our Savior has conquered our enemies, and by His Spirit He has granted us to share in the victory. Votes: 0

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted. Votes: 0

If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nail biters. Votes: 0

The biggest thing I have learned is you can't take anything for granted. You have to work as hard as you can every night, regardless. Votes: 0

I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. They see that I take nothing for granted in life. It helps them stay grounded. Votes: 0

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. Votes: 0

The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible. Votes: 0

I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything. Votes: 0

I get to wake up and do what I love every day and I don't take that for granted. I feel grateful for it every day. Votes: 0

Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them. Votes: 0

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it. Votes: 0

Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted. Votes: 0

Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted. Votes: 0

Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It's very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted. Votes: 0

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. Votes: 0

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. Votes: 0

Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock. Votes: 0

Take nothing for granted. Not one blessed, cool mountain day or one hellish, desert day or one sweaty, stinky, hiking companion. It is all a gift. Votes: 0

It is only by questioning what people take for granted, what people hold to be true, that we can break through the hypnosis of social conditioning. Votes: 0

Surely it is a sin to reject the few gifts we are given. Be happy in the flash of time granted to us or hurt forever. Votes: 0

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian. Votes: 0

Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found. Votes: 0

Nature" is another name for the miracles that are so commonplace in our lives that we take for granted and have grown used to seeing them. Votes: 0

You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept. Votes: 0

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. Votes: 0

You have to be a pretty miserable person to not enjoy making movies. It's something I always dreamed about. I do not take it for granted. Votes: 0

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. Votes: 0

It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted what I have now. Votes: 0

So when I feel the spirit upon me it's something I don't take it for granted, and I don't think I'm solely responsible for these things. Votes: 0

I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted. Votes: 0

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you. Votes: 0

Do not allow what you long for...., prevent you from enjoying the moment. Be joyful in the present, at the appointed time your wish will be granted. Votes: 0

We take everything for granted, but when I'm with Angeline, I see the world through new eyes. She makes my world better. It's why she's so great. Votes: 0

In life, try your best to do the right thing. Have fun while you're alive. Take advantage of every asset you have. Don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1. Votes: 0

I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically. Votes: 0

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind. Votes: 0

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living. Votes: 0

Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee. Votes: 0

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law. Votes: 0

There's a lot that is good in your life-don't take it for granted. Don't get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today Votes: 0

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces. Votes: 0

If you do not achieve your God-given goals, it does not mean God has not given the power. It rather means you have taken His power for granted! Votes: 0

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here. Votes: 0

Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come. Votes: 0

I learned at an early age that every breath that we take is borrowed. We need to be thankful for our life and never take it for granted. Votes: 0

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted. Votes: 0

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse. Votes: 0

Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. Votes: 0

Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by. Votes: 0

I feel lucky that I'm working at all. I don't take any job for granted. I enjoy this. It's all enjoyable for me. It's all part of it. Votes: 0

I'm going to go out and play really hard. If I have another win, it will be icing on the cake. But I don't take anything for granted. Votes: 0

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. Votes: 0

You are a woman who is beautifully created by the love of God and should not be taken for granted because you are the precious daughter of God. Votes: 0

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted. Votes: 0

When Allah grants us the sense to ask Him for forgiveness, then He has granted us a huge favor. It's a sign that He wants to forgive us. Votes: 0

Working away from my husband for long periods is good and bad. It stops us taking each other for granted and gives us space, but I miss him terribly. Votes: 0

If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts. Votes: 0

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man. Votes: 0

I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked. Votes: 0

A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good. Votes: 0

My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted. Votes: 0

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope. Votes: 0

If what we think now is different from what we thought then, we can take it for granted that what we think in a year will be different again. Votes: 0

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave. Votes: 0

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women. Votes: 0

I gave you my love, I gave you my heart, I gave you everything you ever wanted and all you did was take it for granted...leaving me broken hearted. Votes: 0

I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are. Votes: 0

Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul. Votes: 0

I feel that it's nothing if not an incredible privilege to be able to get up on stage and play for people, and I don't ever take it for granted. Votes: 0

And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms in neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men. Votes: 0

Green is a label for a certain attitude to life, a certain kind of respect that one might have for the very source of things that we take for granted. Votes: 0

That's not a thing any of us are granted. To go back. Wipe away what later doesn't suit us and make it the way we wish it. You just go on Votes: 0

I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish. Votes: 0

Everyday I look in the mirror and make sure I don't pinch myself so I don't wake up. I don't take it for granted. All the time I say: 'Why me?' Votes: 0