Granted Quotes
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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. Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it. Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.
Michael Ende
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You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.
Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe
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We fully believed, so soon as we saw that woman's suffrage was right, every one would soon see the same thing, and that in a year or two, at farthest, it would be granted.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.
Nicholas Sparks
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We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.
Christina Aguilera
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Let us achieve great things for those who granted us the privilege to serve.
Alex Salmond
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The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.
William H. Wharton
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Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Little I ask And that little is not granted." There are few crumbs In this world any more.
Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
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If you are a kid in Beverly Hills, (I am not putting down people who live in Beverly Hills) if that kid knows private school and a credit card... you can't say the kid is taking life for granted. He is taking the life that was given to him.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.
Jennifer Garner
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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.
John Anthony Frusciante Ataxia
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You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.
Chris Martin Coldplay
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Scouting exposes young men to people and experiences that encourage and nurture positive moral values. But we mustn't take Scouting for granted. You can do nothing more important for young people today than to continue, or begin, your support of Scouting. I have never met anyone with devoted Scouting experience who was not a solid citizen, a loyal friend, and a patriot. We need more of them.
Wallace G. Wilkinson
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I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.
Marilyn Monroe
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Don’t take a moment for granted, just because you think you’ll have a thousand more.
Aurora Rose Reynolds
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I don't understand the theory that nonprofit hospitals that run at forty percent capacity and do not pay taxes should be granted some special privilege. I like level playing fields.
Richard Rainwater
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Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits.
Claudius Claudianus
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We're so lucky to take being alive for granted.
Milana Vayntrub
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Never take things for granted. Never ignore what is obvious.
Arnold Arre
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In many parts of the country, water is a precious resource which we can no longer simply take for granted.
Elliot Morley
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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.
Michael Symon
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I took my sight and mobility for granted.
Sue Townsend