Granted Quotes

So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.

Niall Ferguson
My general rule of thumb is to never take for granted that it’s opposable.

Nick Thune
- Rule
- Take
- Granted

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

Eugene Linden
I never took fans for granted. I always assumed subconsciously that people who followed what I did were just people who were kind of like me.

Johnny Marr Pretenders
- People
- Fans
- Granted
The attraction of dating is that you don't take yes for granted - - you're fully engaged, there's seductiveness, tension.

Esther Perel
At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.

Erika Christensen
- Trying
- Giving
- Parent
Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.

Thomas Sowell
One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

William Graham Sumner
- Rich
- Granted