Best 239 quotes in «granted quotes» category

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

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

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

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.

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

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

If a German company takes over 51 percent of an Indian one, it is given far-reaching controlling rights. But if an Indian company owns the majority of a German company, it is granted only very limited influence. That is unfair.

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

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

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

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.

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.

If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, "Oh, that's what they always do." "Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that," then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.

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

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.

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.

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

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

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

If you go back to Adam Smith, you find the idea that markets and market forces operate as an invisible hand. This is the traditional laissez-faire market idea. But today, when economics is increasingly defined as the science of incentive, it becomes clear that the use of incentives involves quite active intervention, either by an economist or a policy maker, in using financial inducements to motivate behavior. In fact, so much though that we now almost take for granted that incentives are central to the subject of economics.

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.

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

I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.

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

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.

I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

It has been an amazing presidential election in 2016. AMAZING. And I don't take it for granted. This sort of race comes along once every century or so.

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