The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree…

If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in a reality…

— John Green

When we think of death, we often imagine it as happening in degrees: We think of a sick person becoming less and less alive…

— John Green

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

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

— Bette Midler

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

— Karel Capek

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

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

— Jonathan Swift

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

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

Everyday is a gift never take it for granted.

— Anonymous

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

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

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

— John Betjeman

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

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