A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at…

Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that…

— Aldous Huxley

I love trade magazines - any trade's magazine: by entering into what is taken for granted in a world not your own, you better…

— Rick Perlstein

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

— John Betjeman

This time, there were no drugs involved. The hours were completely normal daytime hours. I think we were able to appreciate the interplay, where…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

— Barack Obama

Everyday is a gift never take it for granted.

— Anonymous

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to…

— Florence Kelley

In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

— John Edensor Littlewood

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

— Jonathan Swift

Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

— Karel Capek

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.

— Bette Midler

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…

— Karen Thompson Walker

Never Take Happiness For Granted

— Mr Stiegelbauer

Nothing evades our attention as persistently as that which we take for granted... the decades roll on without even a suggestion that perhaps the…

— Marion Brady