Givens

Regular readers of this blog will know that there are one or two 'givens' - but I do not think it is a straightforward issue. ❋ Glyn Davies (2008)

The way the filmmakers present it, they're the victims of neglectful parenting and soulless materialism, where credit cards and expensive cars are God-entitled givens, and love and compassion are nothing more than commodities to be brokered off and embraced by the middle and lower classes -- the suckers of the world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For too many journalists, consultants, and policy makers, these ideas are "givens," things that everybody knows... which also happen to be totally wrong. ❋ RJ (2011)

We are questioning the "givens" be it mainstream media, or the ways things have always operated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are a few other 'givens' like this that seem somewhat dubious when you think about facts, rather than simple intellectual constructs of reality -- the 'tragedy of the commons' being another prime example. ❋ Patrick Vessey (2008)

The 'givens' are that I cannot see any point in proposing any 'rowing back' on devolution. ❋ Glyn Davies (2008)

However, if they are "givens" or not, I still don't see why it is hypocritical for Dafydd to want the support of the party before taking any seat at the house of Lords? ❋ Glyn Davies (2007)

I personally dont think the conditions are "givens" Glyn and it is right for Wigley to want to see them in place. ❋ Glyn Davies (2007)

Two "givens" are that a good 4th Generation fighter costs about $60 million and yet can't even come close to the F-35 as a survivable attack aircraft; furthermore a new F-111 equivalent will itself cost at least $60 million and still be only a easily-detected attack plane and not a fighter plane. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They refered to how their strength came from God, family, discipline... and how many things in life were just "givens" to them. ❋ Cheryl R. Cox (2006)

But like the paperclip, some "givens" often require individuals to write them down. ❋ Forbes.com Staff (2006)

I am not sure that (a) or (b) are necessarily "givens" and (c) definitely seems suspect. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Before we ate everyone had to say one thing they are thankful for excluding the "givens" of God, family, and friends. ❋ Julie D. (2004)

The "givens" of our situation such as our language, our environment, our previous choices and our very selves in their function as in-itself constitute our facticity. ❋ Flynn, Thomas (2004)

It's my hope that excellence, achievement and success will be 'givens'. ❋ Unknown (2000)

And all his life, he'd thought of women as being the useless ones-not really consciously, of course, but-it was one of the "givens," like the fact that the sun set in the west. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)