“I’m not asking your permission, Lily. This is how it’ll be. I won’t accept a small part of you anymore. I’ll own… — Sarah Dosher Copy Share Image
In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal… — Christo Copy Share Image
I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier.… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
Whether you are a consumer, a hardware maker, a software developer or a provider of cool new services, it's hard to make… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
The Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes wrote that beauty is fundamental. Well, with the poet's permission, so is courage. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein as granting authority to others. It might as well be saying, 'Perhaps… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Love simply is - it asks no permissions. Acceptance is all love asks, the only demand it makes, but it is an… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Give other Christians permission to be different from you. You're not the only Christ-follower in the world, and neither are you the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Patience gives your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. When a mistake is made, it chooses to give… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
In 1994 while on weekend manoeuvres in France, I commandeered a Chieftain tank without permission of my immediate superiors. I then attempted… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
The house, the pond, the tree-it was all both overwhelmingly familiar and different from what she remembered-smaller and shabbier, somehow. It was… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
You can become very reclusive in Hollywood. This gave us permission to be able to open up and be intimate with somebody… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
Bootstrapping is a way to do something about the problems you have without letting someone else give you permission to do them. — Tom Preston-Werner Copy Share Image
Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we… — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
Slamming the book shut produces a wind on the face, a weather that is copyrighted by the author, and this wind may… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Love, if it be love indeed, asks no permission as to where it shall seek vantage ground or gain its victory -… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
My peer would have to be dark-haired and handsome, a wonderful dancer... and he would never ask permission before he kissed me."… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don't… — Beverly Johnson Copy Share Image
Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think.… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission. — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
I really don't have any weaknesses. I do have areas of my life that I am working on to grow, heal and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Democracy means doing whatever you want without asking permission of anybody but your boss, your doctor, your lawyer, your landlord, your bank,… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any other… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
If your stories are all about your products and services, that's not storytelling. It's a brochure. Give yourself permission to make the… — Jay Baer Copy Share Image
Compromise, while at times morally necessary or at least justifiable, is more often only the first permission for a person (or society)… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
NaNo[ National Novel Writing Month] is an awesome opportunity to stretch your writing muscles and gives you permission to write in a… — Michelle J. Howard Copy Share Image
In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Permission to speak freely?" she asked. "You have that permission, as long as what you say is truth and not personal opinion… — Connie Suttle Copy Share Image
I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
“Why, thank you for your permission, Tremaine.” Tremaine made a derisive noise, unimpressed. “Somebody’s got to give you permission, if you won’t… — Martha Wells Copy Share Image