Grandted Quotes & Sayings

When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn't a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that it will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanence for grandted, whuch might be the very thing so dear about it. — Emily Giffin

The 'American dream' ... means an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and each new generation lives better than the last one. The 'American dream' also means a democratic political system in which most people feel they can affect public decisions and elect officials who will speak for them. In recent years, the dream has been fading. — Alice Rivlin

But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the distinction of men into kings and subjects. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and band, the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind. — Thomas Paine

If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough. — Shimon Peres

But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I didn't do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that. — Jim Coleman

Why pray? Evidently, God likes to be asked. God certainly does not need our wisdom or our knowledge, nor even the information contained in our prayers ("your Father knows what you need before you ask him"). But by inviting us into the partnership of creation, God also invites us into relationship. God is love, said the apostle John. God does not merely have love or feel love. God is love and cannot not love. As such, God yearns for relationship with the creatures made in his image. — Philip Yancey

Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine. — Seth Godin

What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Heels are really hard to wear. I feel bad for every girl that has to wear heels or chooses to wear heels. They're not fun. — Joe Jonas

My mother says I'm crazy, I'm not crazy, I just have a different way of looking at things. — James Kidd

A positive mental attitude can improve your health, enhance your relationships, increase your chances of success, and add years to your life. — Frank Sonnenberg

A demanding performance challenge tends to create a Team. In any situation requiring a combination of multiple skills, experiences and judgments, a team inevitably gets better results than a collection of individuals. Teams provide the kind of responsiveness, speed, on-line customization and quality that is beyond the reach of individual performance. — John Katzenbach

I don't pretend to make my photographs speak the truth of what Mexico is all about. But in its villages I can feel the way culture is changing, and it's fascinating to live through it and try to capture it on camera. — Graciela Iturbide

It's amazing what the sight of four gentlemen with red crosses on their backs can to injured players. — Jon Champion

When we lock things away," he said with conviction, "we're really imprisoning ourselves. — Gordon Korman

There is no pain, Javier," I assured him. "Not anymore. I want you to finish your name. I am more yours than I am Salvador's. — Karina Halle