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take for granted
«Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
absolute, absolutes, beings, capacity, granted, human beings, infinite, take for granted, taking
«It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from the gods which we Spaniards take for granted. I take comfort therefore in the belief that you wished to pay tribute to a glorious language and not to the humble writer who uses it for everything it can express: the joy and the wisdom of Mankind, since literature is an art form of all and for all, although written without deference, heeding only the voiceless, anonymous murmur of a given place and time.»
«I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value»
Author: Geoffrey Household
| About:
Cats,
Mankind
| Keywords:
entertainment, granted, noticed, take for, take for granted
«May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.»
«God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.»
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
| About:
Change,
Courage,
Faith,
God,
Life,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
accept, change, courage, difference, God knows how, grant, serenity, take for granted, wisdom
«Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| About:
Prayer
| Keywords:
depths, grant, may not, mouth, pray, take for granted
«One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.»
Author: Peter F. Drucker
(Educator, Writer)
| Keywords:
come back, go up, hire, How High, inelastic, in short, irreplaceable, No Place to Go, perishable, perishables, rent, resource, supply, Supply and demand, take for, take for granted
«Everything requires time. It is the only truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and necessary resource. Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.»
Author: Peter F. Drucker
(Educator, Writer)
| Keywords:
distinguishes, executives, irreplaceable, resource, take for, take for granted, tender loving care
«In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
granted, Lord's table, prayed, prayer, ridiculous, take for granted
