Allowance Quotes

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I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric… — Terry Brooks
All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age. — Robert Louis Stevenson
The government could either raise $100 by selling allowances and then give that amount in cash to particular businesses and individuals, or it could simply… — Peter R. Orszag
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance. — Al Bernstein
What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us. — Mignon McLaughlin
Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up… — Max Euwe
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of our… — Sherwin B. Nuland
Ours began in a most unexciting way, as friends. Now, our love may be quiet and boring but it is sure. With the right amount… — Iza Calzado
Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason… — Samuel Johnson
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him, neither can we.… — Neal A. Maxwell
I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of… — Marta Kristen
There is no big mystery to Tantra. It is in the allowance and grace of the breath. Breathe easy and naturally and you will open… — Janet Robertson
Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined. — Chloe Grace Moretz
Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own. — Publilius Syrus
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our time we must… — Herbert Hoover
When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that.… — Ross Macdonald
It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don't have to move in with your parents again… — Natalie Goldberg
A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament. — Marcel Boulestin
It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware… — James Payn

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