In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission. — Peter Hessler Copy Share Image
And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries,… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
LADIES MI A GIVE U THE PERMISSION FI SEARCH OONU MAN PHONE AND MEN MI A GIVE OONU THE PERMISSION TO GIVE… — Richie Fwresh Copy Share Image
The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
(I) try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful. — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Give yourself permission to be happy. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, what matters is what's going on inside you. — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to… — Bob Kerrey Copy Share Image
“When you’re married.’ Arguably this phrase, as innocuous as it seems, is the worst one to be handed when you’ve asked permission… — Amal Awad Copy Share Image
Yes...and I'm worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you'll wind up making out with… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
I believe no-one can insult you without your permission. Shilpa Shetty has paid the price for trying to desperately seek the approval… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
This world cannot break you—unless you give it permission. And it cannot own you unless you hand it the keys—unless you give… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
But as the scissors snip-snapped through her hair and the razor shaved the rest, she realized with a sudden awful panic that… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
You give yourself permission to be the person you want to be, the artist you want to be, no matter what your… — Jill Eikenberry Copy Share Image
Nothing in the outer world makes you feel any way. You decide what you want to feel, and then use outer people… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
If there was one truth Evie had learned in her short life, it was that forgiveness was easier to seek than permission.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper,… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Give people, including yourself, clear permission to make mistakes . . . and to fix the problems. Since nobody's perfect, mistakes should… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
I have very little hope that any permission can be gained for your organization. However, I shall place it in a special… — Anna Louise Strong Copy Share Image
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I want it to stop," he said. "Sophie says everyone is still searching for a cure for me. I know I gave… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t… — Mirka Mora Copy Share Image
I definitely have to give myself permission, like on "Master Swarm," to rip a lead on that. Just play a violin solo… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Before you begin your day: Take a moment of silence and meditation, and give yourself permission to have all that you desire. — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
The idea that someone has to give you permission to become who you want to be, or see it in you in… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
Acting gives you cosmic permission to take a trip in movies that lasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until… — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
The big one I missed out on was 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' MGM wanted me for it, and Warner Bros.… — Carroll Baker Copy Share Image
I hate having to ask permission to do everything, its one of those gay things that comes with being young & having… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge. — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The individual can take initiatives without anybody's permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
“When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The judge gave Michael permission to issue a statement. I think Jackson went way outside the bounds of the judge's intent. It… — Catherine Crier Copy Share Image
The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
