[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
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Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
I know how lucky I am. I never take it for granted. In this country [USA], anything can happen - anybody can… — Guy Fieri Copy Share Image
Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I know this, now, in… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
It was when I was on the set of Dead Poets Society.There was actor,his name was Norman Lloyd. One day he took… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One of the things I have taken for granted, in terms of how technology works in the world, is the people that… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done… — David Weber Copy Share Image
From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for… — Gene Kranz Copy Share Image
It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted?… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Faced with such insecurity, labor unions seek a solution in demands for higher wages, shorter hours, pensions, and such things. But this… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Scottish men of a certain age have a black response to almost everything as a measure of how sophisticated they are. I… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think there is just this inherent understanding between us at a subconscious level when we play. It's like we anticipate each… — Edward Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog. There is something under our feet, the… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
As a boy I'd often spend my days biking on riverbeds and arroyos and come home exhausted. I realize now how much… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's… — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Often we take things for granted someties we do it a little to much in not knowing we doing it. Some people… — Montreal Pruitt Copy Share Image
I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
After 'The Hobbit,' I have no idea if things will change. I suspect if I still want to act I will have… — Mark Hadlow Copy Share Image
There are many reasons that universities in East Asia have not reached the positions that they had hoped for. After all, we… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You couldn't changed history. But you could get it right to start with. Do something differently the FIRST time around. This whole… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may… — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Everything requires time. It is the only truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent;… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image