Quotes about Take for Granted

There is so much that people take for granted. Votes: 2

We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings. Votes: 2

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

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. Votes: 2

It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things. Votes: 2

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

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. Votes: 2

As a modern woman, there are things I take for granted, and that shows up in the way I sit, the way I walk, the way I think, and what I know to be possible. Votes: 2

I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow. Votes: 2

And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport. Votes: 2

Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just gotta remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you. Votes: 2

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. Votes: 2

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces. Votes: 2

Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area. Votes: 2

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. Votes: 2

In 2003, he was hit by a subway in Prague and lost both of his legs. It made me realize that we take for granted every step we take, and my brother now has to physically challenge himself to take each step in his prosthetic. Votes: 2

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain. 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

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother. Votes: 2

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. 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

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

End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines. 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

Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do. Votes: 1

Never take anything for granted. 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

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

You cant take good health for granted. Votes: 0

You can't take good health for granted. Votes: 0

I don't ever 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

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

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

People take the feeling of full 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. Votes: 0

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. 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 never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is very easy to take for granted the phenomenon that we are each alive, but we must try not to. 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 moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

It's important to begin to even consider whether countries can become something that looks very different because people tend to take their countries for granted. 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

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

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

In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. 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

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

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 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

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

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

Some people only dream about touring around the world with their friends and that's exactly what we're doing, and we could never take that for granted. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted. Votes: 0

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism. Votes: 0

It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they take government interference with banking for granted and as necessary. Votes: 0

Maidana is a young, strong and tough competitor. He's a guy that I can't overlook. You can never take any fighter for granted because anything can happen. Votes: 0

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery. Votes: 0

I try and take everyone's ideals, common morals, flip them around, make people look at them differently, question them, so that you're not always taking things for granted. Votes: 0

A related recurring theme is the exploration of how we take for granted the things in our immediate environment that are common and ordinary. Existential blindness, of sorts. 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

For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted. 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

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

You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour. Votes: 0

The easily ridiculed, so-so status quo often hides Herculean efforts by those whom we take for granted, and who, working in the shadows, guarantee civilization instead of chaos. Votes: 0

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity. 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'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

Americans have a tendency to take much of our long-term economic, technological, medical, and social progress for granted, while assuming problems will only get worse. This is unwarranted. Votes: 0

Nothing evades our attention as persistently as that which we take for granted... the decades roll on without even a suggestion that perhaps the whole matter must be rethought Votes: 0

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything. Votes: 0

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged. Votes: 0

Teaching someone that doesn't know something forces you to think about almost every single aspect of it, including parts of it that you could sort of take for granted. 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

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

What I worry about the most is the competition for young eyeballs. We have so many other competing forms of media. I don't take any audience members for granted. Votes: 0

That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted. 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

We can lose so much of what we've gained in terms of the kind of democratic freedoms and market-based economies and prosperity that we've come to take for granted. Votes: 0

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life. Votes: 0

I couldn't even imagine not being able to take long, hot showers or wear makeup whenever I wanted or shave my underarms. There are certain things people take for granted. Votes: 0

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings. 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

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value. Votes: 0

I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take for granted with a language that is spoken by 330,000 people. Votes: 0

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences. Votes: 0

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day. Votes: 0

You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different. Votes: 0

Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring. Votes: 0

We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take for granted, do not place an intolerable burden on our environment Votes: 0

All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean, and the magnitude of what we might ordinarily take for granted inspires tears. Votes: 0

There's another thing that you don't want to take for granted, and that's the reality of there being an audience there each night. It's pretty amazing that that can happen around the world. Votes: 0

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted, indeed, hardly think about, can lead to tremendous mistakes. Votes: 0

Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted. Votes: 0

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out. Votes: 0

You take for granted the details that make something look real. It can still look fabulous, but if you add a light switch, a vent, or the notion of air conditioning, it can look real. Votes: 0

I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives. Votes: 0

I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available. Votes: 0