Quotes About Entitlement

Shall I redirect my life's journey because down some sideroad might be some trifle I'm entitled to?

The most common of all antagonisms arises from a man's taking a seat beside you on the train, a seat to which he is completely entitled.

You don't have to be nice all the time. Get angry once in a while. You're entitled.

Second, never imagine that because the master loves you, you can do anything you want. Entire books could be written about favorites who fell out of favor by taking their status for granted, for daring to outshine.

They come to accept things that are made cheaply and quickly. The idea that they might have to expend much effort to get what they want has been eroded by the proliferation of devices that do so much of the work for them, fostering the idea that they deserve all of this—that it is their inherent right to have and to consume what they want.

There may be no more Sun Kings but there are still plenty of people who believe the sun revolves around them.

They forget the favors they have received and imagine they have earned their success by their own merits.

Remember the following: Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your

What starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as entitlement

it is human nature that what starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as entitlement.

TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) by Robert Heinlein from his book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

A huge body of research—hundreds of studies—shows that when people are put in positions of power, they start talking more, taking what they want for themselves, ignoring what other people say or want, ignoring how less powerful people react to their behavior, acting more rudely, and generally treating any situation or person as a means for satisfying their own needs—and that being put in positions of power blinds them to the fact that they are acting like jerks.

If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed

Once he had a grove of oaks chopped down because they were looking at him. And then insisted that they would be given decent funerals; he gave the orations. Do you have any idea how longs it takes to dig graves for twenty-three oak trees?

would listen with growing outrage as hypocritical and obtuse American senators made all these demands of Iraqi legislators and yet themselves could not even pass budgets or appropriations bills, not to mention deal with tough challenges like the budget deficit, Social Security, and entitlement reform.

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won't be enough tomorrow.

If we were designed by engineers, as we consumed more, we'd desire less. But our frequent human tragedy is that the more we consume, the hungrier we get. More and faster and stronger. What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won't be enough tomorrow.

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and won't be enough tomorrow.

It is this entitlement mentality that is eroding the foundations this country was built upon. The entitlement mentality is bringing down the American empire and the world.

and I'm entitled to these benefits.

Life owes me something more than it has paid me and I'm going out to collect it…

You boys grew up in peacetime, financially secure, with a powerful family name behind you. And you still want me to make things easier for you. I'm just giving you a little enrichment. Like they do for zoo animals, to keep them from expiring from boredom.

Maybe that was why I wanted to slap so many of the zombies; they had no idea how freaking lucky they were. Lucky and ignorant, happy little rich kids who believed in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy and thought that life was supposed to be fair.

all six of them a license." "That