Entitlement Quotes

159 Entitlement quotes by 138 unique authors

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left… — Howard Schultz
Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way. — Howard Schultz
I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and… — Charles R. Swindoll
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. — Margaret Thatcher
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers… — Malcolm Turnbull
Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements… — George Will
Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis… — George Will
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the… — George Will
Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch of… — Juan Williams
...the divided world of Aspen, where locals with a sense of entitlement were pitted against developers with a sense of condominiums. — Steve Martin
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I had a Viking sense of entitlement to whatever provisions I could plunder. — Jonathan Franzen
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence,… — James Madison
If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work. — Abraham Lincoln
If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement - the sense of… — Derrick Jensen
It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you… — Jon Krakauer
Where did you get the idea you aren't allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You're a constituent--you… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. — James Madison
I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense… — Tim Gunn
One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page:… — Alan Bennett
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers. — Tullian Tchividjian
The phrase what I want struck me. It contains so much entitlement, so many complications, but encompasses only what a person doesn't have. — Tiffanie DeBartolo
One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently… — Thomas Sowell
What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. — BrenÃ© Brown
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right.… — Pat Riley

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