Afforded Quotes

108 Afforded quotes by 97 unique authors

It is a custom often practiced by seafaring people to throw a bottle overboard, with a paper, stating the time and place at which it… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation. — Anish Kapoor
Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who can afford to… — Philip K. Chapman
Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry. — Benjamin Tucker
The last decade of Internet evolution has been marked by innovation. That innovation has been a consequence of the open and neutral access that the… — Vinton Cerf
All my life I've encountered people who were obsessed with one particular class of object or experience, who were constantly pursuing that thing. Since I… — William Gibson
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. — Billy Corgan
My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young. — Kirsten Dunst
Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life. — Katherine Heigl
I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most… — Anthony Mackie
I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors… — James McAvoy
With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and… — Jon Meacham
I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I… — Octavia Spencer
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. — Simone Weil
Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects… — David A. Bednar
Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has… — Milan Kundera
Only after a while did it occur to me (in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me) that my story was not of the… — Milan Kundera
We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves. — Garth Stein
Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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