Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to… — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
I hate to say Americans are ignorant and lazy, but a lot of them are ignorant and lazy. It's just like what… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
We established a regime that left creativity unregulated. Now it was unregulated because copyright law only covered "printing." Copyright law did not… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think sometimes Europe may take for granted the extraordinary progress that's been made over the last 40, 50 years. I recognize… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Places where one can experience some of that separation from the world of the familiar, to defamiliarize ourselves with what we take… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
In all things and in all ways, choice impacts virtually every element of our life. It bears repeating that even those things… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage… — Michelangelo Signorile Copy Share Image
In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
We have got to go and compete for the minds and the hearts and the votes of everybody in this country, no… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The attraction of power we take for granted in politics.. But in economics...the thrust...is for pecuniary return, for money. And I have… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I'm just a skinny kid from Maywood trying to do my best. I never took anything for granted. I never wanted to… — Michael Finley Copy Share Image
People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for… — Paul Laurence Dunbar Copy Share Image
There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself.… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship. The American people are not. They're concerned about… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It's wonderful to have money. But It's good that I know what the other side is like. I don't take for granted… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
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