Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold,… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
[On highly politicized Islamists:] In the name of freedom they demand the right to renounce freedom. In the language of tolerance they… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
You can't take life for granted. I am lucky to have everything I've ever wanted. I've got a beautiful wife, a job… — Kevin Harvick Copy Share Image
If a person claims that he really loves someone, evidence is asked from him. And that evidence is the giving away of… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted. — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
When I was young at Arsenal, you take it for granted, playing all the time. — Jack Wilshere Copy Share Image
Nick Cardy's work helped define some of the things we see in comics today and take for granted. He broke out of… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
But the greatest obstacle of all to the successful prosecution of a new branch of industry in a country, in which it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and… — Mary Somerville Copy Share Image
We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Most of us sleepwalk through our lives. We take all its glories, its wine, food, love, and friendship, its sunsets and its… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
We take life for granted, sleepwalking until a shattering event knocks us awake. Zen says, don't wait until the car accident, the… — Philip Toshio Sudo Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing… — John Guare Copy Share Image
Design does matter. And not necessarily in a way that people realize. A lot of what you do, people take for granted… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
most Americans are in deep awe of things-as-they-are. Even with everything this obviously out of control, they still tell themselves that those… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
A huge part of what a kid learns when they're growing up is social and emotional development. As adults, we take it… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
So many times we look for those things in life we can measure.... The college degree, the money we earn, the success… — Samuel S. Sumner Copy Share Image