Top 1200 Life For Granted Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

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.

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

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

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.

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

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

When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a 'good writer.' Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted, although this doesn't mean I always write well.

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

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar.

I had been raised in the mountains of Idaho by a father who distrusted many of the institutions that people take for granted - public education, doctors and hospitals, and the government.

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

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

Here in Britain, black people are disproportionately targeted, arrested and imprisoned for drug offences, while organised and violent crime are granted a massive source of revenue.

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

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.

Free access to the single market will be granted to a country which accepts the four fundamental freedoms of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.

I'm extremely blessed. There's a lot of people trying to exactly what I'm doing, but I'm a part of that 9.1 percent that's actually having their dream come true. I just don't take that for granted.

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

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

Granted, there's been mistakes made immaturely, but a marriage is a marriage.

His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything.

At times, we take freedom for granted. We really don't know how to cherish the freedom we have until it's taken from us.

I think we all take the vada pav for granted, like we take the special people in our lives.

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

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.

We must never forget that Singapore is home for all races and this harmonious relationship must not be taken for granted.

Roses by the head, jasmine at the feet so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a night of sensual pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted.

I love long-jumping, and if I'm granted the opportunity without repercussions, then I will pursue it further, but I'm obligated to Buffalo Bills football and that's the main focus.

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

The modern labor movement that began around the mid-19th century has given us many of the basic working rights that we now take for granted.

Granted, a long book can be as daunting as a hard one. I nearly reached for 'Game of Thrones' until I saw the bookshelf sagging under the burden of those other volumes.

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world.

What opinions the masses hold, or do not hold, is looked upon as a matter of indifference. They can be granted intellectual liberty becasue they have no intellect.

It was granted to me alone to discover all the new phenomena in the sky and nothing to anybody else. This is the truth which neither envy nor malice can supress.

Sometimes you go through those phases where you take your parents for granted, but I really do appreciate everything my mother's done because I know I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her.

Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is. You realize that nature is ruthless and our existence is very fragile, temporary, and precious. But to go on with your daily affairs, you can't really think about that... which is probably why everyone takes the world for granted and why we act so thoughtlessly. It's very confusing. I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up. Hobbes: No doubt.

Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.

A lot of us take the game for granted, but that's not the case for me. I'm truly humbled by the game and when I say it, I mean it.

When you do anything for eight or nine years, you start getting a little comfortable; you start taking things for granted.

I just say 'Amen' a lot. It's just about being grateful and never taking things for granted.

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

When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people.

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

A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted by the weak to the strong.

Some athletes take what we have for granted. They kind of feel, 'I'm here, and I earned this, so people who are not on this level should just give me what I want and move out the way.'

Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can't be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking.

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman.

Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car accidents expect to die? They took life for granted, as we do. How often do we hear stories of people whom we know, or even friends, who died unexpectedly? We don't even have to be ill to die: Our bodies can suddenly break down and go out of order, just like our cars. We can be quite well one day, then fall sick and die the next.

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.

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.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

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

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.

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

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

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can do any job I want - but I think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

The issue of racism happens all over the world. Granted, people - especially Americans - don't know the the Canadian culture. But if you look outside this country, it's a problem all around the planet.