#granted

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#danger #defending #few #freedom #generations

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? ↗

— Helen Rowland

#girl #granted #her #him #kiss

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be. ↗

— Huston Smith

#granted #grew #i #missionaries #taking

I've been been on the cover of TV Guide, on every single talk and entertainment show except Letterman. It's interesting being older and dealing with this kind of success. I'm more appreciative of it now, and I don't take it for granted. ↗

— John Stamos

#been #being #cover #dealing #entertainment

People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world. ↗

— David Talbot

#best #continues #editorial #family #granted

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#born #culture #democracy #exist #forget

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#breath #brief #brief moment #granted #grave

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft. ↗

— James Houston

#build #carve #cross #daily #granted

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#confidence #consolation #doubt #granted #greater

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted. ↗

— John Fogerty

#always #appreciation #commitment #enduring #fans