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title: "9 Forbidding Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Forbidding quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Forbidding sayings and thoughts."
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> [Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/correcting-bad-habits-cannot-be-done-by-forbidding-or-punishment/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

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> [Pretty much all law consists in forbidding men to do something that they want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/pretty-much-all-law-consists-in-forbidding-men-to-do-something-that/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-1986_law_pretty-much-all-law-consists-in-forbiddi_1843902.png)

> [My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/my-dad-was-quite-a-forbidding-figure-i-realise-now-that-that-was/)

[Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/mark-gatiss-10930_dad_my-dad-was-quite-a-forbidding-figure-i-r_361897.jpg)

> [Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-ammori/net-neutrality-is-the-principle-forbidding-huge-telecommunications/)

[Marvin Ammori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-ammori/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/marvin-ammori-11271_better_net-neutrality-is-the-principle-forbiddi_1312771.jpg)

> [People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-ocasek/people-tell-me-all-the-time-that-i-look-forbidding-or-aloof-that/)

[Ric Ocasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-ocasek/)

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> [Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stellan-skarsgard/any-society-that-starts-forbidding-certain-words-or-expressions-is-a/)

[Stellan Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stellan-skarsgard/)

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> [“Jane, I don’t like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bront-charlotte/jane-i-don-t-like-cavillers-or-questioners-besides-there-is-something/)

[Brontë, Charlotte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bront-charlotte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/bront-charlotte-87228_children_jane-i-don-t-like-cavillers-or-questione_278417.jpg)

> [“To be tall and forbidding might command respect for a time, but not affection. To be overly familiar might command affection for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/to-be-tall-and-forbidding-might-command-respect-for-a-time-but-not/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/jon-meacham-2863_love_to-be-tall-and-forbidding-might-command_1301735.png)

> [The good thing about forbidding the death penalty is that society won't be able to kill people who are not guilty, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaspar-noe/the-good-thing-about-forbidding-the-death-penalty-is-that-society-won/)

[Gaspar Noe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaspar-noe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/gaspar-noe-2008_able_the-good-thing-about-forbidding-the-deat_2806676.jpg)

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