The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.
Take no moment for granted.
You cant take good health for granted.
Reason and emotion counsel and supplement each other. Whoever heeds only the one, and puts aside the other, recklessly deprives himself of a portion of the aid granted us for the regulation of our conduct.
A birthday wish granted 23 years late is still a birthday wish granted.
I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.
I've just always been very aware and careful of everything, so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don't take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.
A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.
When I first started working on movies as a production assistant, we were shooting 65, 75, 85 days. I mean, granted some of those things were "Godzilla," "Deep Impact," and those kinds of things, but these days it's like 30-35 days or 40-45 days and you just feel like you're humping trying to get everything done. It's like "Move on, move on, move on!" That's not the way to get the best performances or the most interesting shots. You have to constantly balance schedule and quality of work. For me, that's the biggest thing.
I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.
Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded.
Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation.
We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
I will just take the chance that the language will still be relevant in 100 years, which is something we cannot take for granted with a language that is spoken by 330,000 people.
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 nothing to refuse.
I have had the hardihood to say that Swaraj could not be granted even by God.
I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.