Granted Quotes

1339 quotes by 1022 authors

We've never thought too deeply about the roles things like forgetting or partisanship or inefficiency or ambiguity or hypocrisy play in our political or social… — Evgeny Morozov
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence. — Brian Kolodiejchuk
This is what he knew that Paul didn't: the world was precarious and sometimes cruel. He'd had to fight hard to achieve what Paul simply… — Kim Edwards
Let neither tear nor reproach besmirch this declaration of the mastery of God who, with magnificent irony, granted me both the gift of books and… — Jorge Luis Borges
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too late, you appreciate… — Bill Watterson
Granted: I AM an inmate of a mental hospital; my keeper is watching me, he never lets me out of his sight; there's a peep-hole… — Gunter Grass
Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it! — Ayn Rand
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have… — Anne Frank
He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally. — Ken Follett
Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance… — Madeleine L'Engle
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some… — Francis Bacon
Q. What is your view of the daily discipline of the Christian life - the need for taking time to be alone with God? Lewis:… — C.S. Lewis
His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything. — Albert Camus
The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was… — Simone de Beauvoir
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in… — Robert E. Lee
Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all Iâ€™ve… — Sylvia Plath
Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve… — David James Duncan
Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do somehing else. Something hurts… — Mitch Albom

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