That will not do, for your people will not tolerate me. If…

People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one another, then they cannot…

— Michel Foucault

Freedom is a dangerous intoxicant and very few people can tolerate it in any quantity.

— Katherine Anne Porter

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

— V. S. Naipaul

“The world is what it is: those who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.”

— Sir Vidya Naipaul

“First, people tolerate evil because they see some benefit to themselves,' he said. 'Then, they feed it in hope that it will turn into…

— Walter Dean Myers

“The only people I can't tolerate are the fans of Wayne Newton and Neil Sedaka.”

— Foreman of Earth First

“People tolerate a lot for looks. They tolerate much less for plainness.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

— E. W. Howe

The American people will not tolerate a clean increase in the debt limit.

— John Boehner

Why do people tolerate you? Because they know how overly dramatic little puppies are, like you.

— Anonymous

“I stared at him. I said, "Wait, really? Like there's an actual part of our brain that dictates how many people we can tolerate…

— David Wong

“If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our company? Before…

— Gerald Corey

Sadly, we can't eliminate bigotry. But that doesn't mean we have to tolerate it, much less give it a platform on which to thrive.

— Katharine Viner

You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's…

— Max Lucado

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

— Barack Obama