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

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Being Taken For Granted Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Speech Quotes

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

Beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary,...

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary,...

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.