Granted Quotes

1339 quotes by 1022 authors

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have… — Martial
Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted. — Aldous Huxley
What use is my mind? Granted that it enables me to hail a bus and to pay my fare. But once I am inside my… — Edgar Degas
Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just… — Thomas Sowell
God was someone I wound up turning over and over in my mind each night... Was He punishing me with this meal or was He… — David Sedaris
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius
Pure, existential space was regularly winking at me, each time in a more impressive manner, and this sensation of total freedom attracted me so powerfully… — Yves Klein
I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when… — Mandy Moore
Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no… — Brian O'Driscoll
In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative… — David Cameron
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary point… — John Edensor Littlewood
There is in some men a dispassionate neutrality of mind, which, though it generally passes for good temper, can neither gratify nor warm us: it… — Sir Fulke Greville
Clean water is a necessity that we can no longer take for granted. Each year more people die of water related diseases than any other… — Jewel
I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners… — Ralph Allen
God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that,… — Saint Basil
Unity cannot be taken for granted. — Jomo Kenyatta
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 a… — Karen Thompson Walker
Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses — Bayard Taylor
Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment,… — Nhat Hanh

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