Freedom is taking so much for granted, when you don't appreciate the small things that you have.

People usually take for granted that the way things are is the way things must be.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

The law of familiarity says that if we are around anything (or anyone) long enough, we tend to take things just a little bit for granted.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

“'Stop asking why and start saying wow.' The world is such an amazing place. As humans, we’re used to taking everything for granted."

Translation: I often feel that things you take for granted are not always guaranteed. You are here, you still have a home, and your family is there for you; you can't take them for granted. Everything exists just by luck. Because I almost lost a lot of things, I came to feel this way. I'm only 17 years old, but the disaster totally changed my values... The Great East Japan Earthquake was such a big event.

We have discovered that what a year ago seemed to be a neglected house is essentially a ruin. This is not a pleasant fact, and it is not surprising that all of us are rather annoyed and disappointed about it.

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense. Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt. The "taken for granted" is the test of sanity; "what everyone knows" is the line between us and them. This means that sometimes a society gets stuck. Sometimes these unquestioned ideas interfere, as the cost of questioning becomes too great. In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

All writers know aspects of life that they take very much for granted, that yet to their readers appear peculiar, special.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.