--- title: "19 Allowed Think Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Allowed Think quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Allowed Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/blake-crouch-2197_allowed_i-am-not-allowed-to-think-i-m-crazy-i-am_2605774.png" --- > [“I am not allowed to think I'm crazy. I am only allowed to solve this problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-crouch/i-am-not-allowed-to-think-i-m-crazy-i-am-only-allowed-to-solve-this/) [Blake Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-crouch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/blake-crouch-2197_allowed_i-am-not-allowed-to-think-i-m-crazy-i-am_2605774.png) > [“I shouldn't be allowed to think when I'm drinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-sivec/i-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-think-when-i-m-drinking/) [Tara Sivec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-sivec/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/tara-sivec-2248_drinking_i-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-think-when-i-m_532431.jpg) > [I was stupid who took her seriously but what I could do, if she herself allowed me to think that way..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-singh/i-was-stupid-who-took-her-seriously-but-what-i-could-do-if-she/) [Raj Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/raj-singh-15480_sad-relationship_i-was-stupid-who-took-her-seriously-but_105397.jpg) > [“If you allowed yourselves to think of God, you wouldn't allow yourselves to be degraded by pleasant vices. You'd have a reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/if-you-allowed-yourselves-to-think-of-god-you-wouldn-t-allow/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/aldous-huxley-97_courage_if-you-allowed-yourselves-to-think-of-go_2842606.jpg) > [I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-chapin-carpenter/i-went-to-college-and-i-never-allowed-myself-to-think-for-an-instant/) [Mary Chapin Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-chapin-carpenter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/mary-chapin-carpenter-9940_allowed_i-went-to-college-and-i-never-allowed-my_1105158.jpg) > [I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-williams/i-allowed-myself-to-think-if-i-could-be-doing-anything-in-the-world/) [Ricky Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/ricky-williams-6740_class_i-allowed-myself-to-think-if-i-could-be_2864743.png) > [Women have allowed you to think that, which is a part of their inaccessibility in using their second attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/women-have-allowed-you-to-think-that-which-is-a-part-of-their/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/frederick-lenz-8_attention_women-have-allowed-you-to-think-that-whi_2202468.jpg) > [Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-spengler/formerly-no-one-was-allowed-to-think-freely-now-it-is-permitted-but/) [Oswald Spengler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-spengler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/oswald-spengler-8727_capable_formerly-no-one-was-allowed-to-think-fre_2939457.png) > [“You want to hide,” he says. “I know. Because you feel like you’re not allowed to think the things you think. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-powell/you-want-to-hide-he-says-i-know-because-you-feel-like-you-re-not/) [Gretchen Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/gretchen-powell-46283_hide_you-want-to-hide-he-says-i-know-because_2925419.jpg) > [Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/men-are-not-allowed-to-think-freely-about-chemistry-and-biology-why/) [Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/auguste-comte-15773_biology_men-are-not-allowed-to-think-freely-abou_1384705.jpg) > [But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-perkins-gilman/but-we-were-made-to-believe-and-not-allowed-to-think-we-were-told-to/) [Charlotte Perkins Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-perkins-gilman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/charlotte-perkins-gilman-2420_atheism_but-we-were-made-to-believe-and-not-allo_2296622.png) > [ We have been listening year after year to \[white people\] and what have we got? We are not even allowed to think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fannie-lou-hamer/we-have-been-listening-year-after-year-to-white-people-and-what-have/) [Fannie Lou Hamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fannie-lou-hamer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/fannie-lou-hamer-3999_deals_we-have-been-listening-year-after-year-t_2187972.png) > [No one ever came up to me and said: "You need to reshape your body, to lose weight, or to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-christensen/no-one-ever-came-up-to-me-and-said-you-need-to-reshape-your-body-to/) [Helena Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/helena-christensen-13729_accepted_no-one-ever-came-up-to-me-and-said-you-n_1858736.jpg) > [“he never allowed himself to think about unpleasant things, which answered very well, and could be supported in times of really inescapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgette-heyer/he-never-allowed-himself-to-think-about-unpleasant-things-which/) [Georgette Heyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgette-heyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/georgette-heyer-1080_time_he-never-allowed-himself-to-think-about_1984645.jpg) > [No matter what the belief, if it had modestly said, 'This is our best thought, go on, think farther!' then we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-perkins-gilman/no-matter-what-the-belief-if-it-had-modestly-said-this-is-our-best/) [Charlotte Perkins Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-perkins-gilman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/charlotte-perkins-gilman-2420_advancing_no-matter-what-the-belief-if-it-had-mode_278316.jpg) > [“So nobody must be allowed to think at all. Down with the public schools! Children must be drilled mentally by quarter-educated herdsmen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/so-nobody-must-be-allowed-to-think-at-all-down-with-the-public/) [Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/aleister-crowley-1100_1944_so-nobody-must-be-allowed-to-think-at-al_2637262.jpg) > [“Well, I think people should be able to live in a society where they can exercise these kinds of internal drives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/well-i-think-people-should-be-able-to-live-in-a-society-where-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/noam-chomsky-42_first-place_well-i-think-people-should-be-able-to-li_2493488.jpg) > [“If wise are allowed to think;they do... but few dont speak!! In the case Of fools... Even if you dont allow them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blessin-bmj/if-wise-are-allowed-to-think-they-do-but-few-dont-speak-in-the-case/) [Blessin Bmj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blessin-bmj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/blessin-bmj-223684_allow_if-wise-are-allowed-to-think-they-do-but_295892.jpg) > [He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/he-did-not-think-of-himself-as-a-writer-for-the-simple-reason-that/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/kurt-vonnegut-41_reason_he-did-not-think-of-himself-as-a-writer_2069594.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowed-think/#itemlist", "name": "Allowed Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am not allowed to think I'm crazy. 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That's what indoctrination is about in the first place, in fact―and I don't mean somebody giving you lectures: sitcoms on television, sports that you watch, every aspect of the culture implicitly involves an expression of what a \"proper\" life and a \"proper\" set of values are, and that's all indoctrination. So I think what has to happen is, other options have to be opened up to people―both subjectively, and in fact concretely: meaning you can do something about them without great suffering. 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