I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time. I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Listening to the doves in Alfred, Georgia, and having neither the right nor the permission to enjoy it because in that place… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Requesting permission from someone to be honest is really a way of accusing the other person of being so demanding or overbearing… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and… — Philip D. Murphy Copy Share Image
Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein as granting authority to others: It is basically saying, 'Maybe I need… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you. — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
In February I secured permission to enter Osama bin Laden's compound in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he was killed… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get… — Grace Hopper 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
You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If he took her into his arms, he would keep her. He wouldn't let her suffer the way the other mortals had… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he… — James Petigru Boyce Copy Share Image
If you give yourself permission to feel the pain and the joy, without attaching to either, then you can be happy or… — Richard Brancatisano Copy Share Image
Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission. — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
East of my bean-field, across the road, lived Cato Ingraham, slave of Duncan Ingraham, Esquire, gentleman, of Concord village, whobuilt his slave… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We've patented the idea... of using the address book as a place to declare that you like a brand. By so doing,… — Keith Teare Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
The Holy Trinity doesn't need our permission to carry on in their endlessly resourceful work of making all things new. That we… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
I'm very superstitious about going on other people's sets. You have to ask permission of the director; you shouldn't just turn up… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image