#grant

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. ↗

— John Gay

#granted #his #i #kiss #pressed

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#because #everything #fearful #feels #fragile

For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#cannot #centuries #defenders #freedoms #granted

God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance. ↗

— Patrick Gordon

#good #gracious #grant #his #i

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. ↗

— Cary Grant

#cary grant #even #everyone #grant #i

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. ↗

— William Henry Harrison

#govern #governed #grant #legitimate #only

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#illegal #immigrants #immigration #laws #legal

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#cannot #commanded #correct #earns #grant

It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily. ↗

— Alexander Henry

#beautiful #call #flower #fragrant #however

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#granting #i #i think #interviews #making