Consent Quotes

364 quotes by 279 authors

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job... — Emile M. Cioran
I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm… — Ilona Andrews
We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent… — George Eliot
Roen snorted. "You two have the strangest relationship in the Dells." Archer smiled slightly. "She won't consent to make it a marriage." "I can't imagine… — Kristin Cashore
Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school.… — Richard Paul Evans
But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good,… — Jose Rizal
My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that. — Georgette Heyer
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope.… — Nancy Farmer
Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and… — Albert Payson Terhune
If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know… — George R. R. Martin
Of all powers, love is the most powerful and the most powerless. It is the most powerful because it alone can conquer that final and… — Frederick Buechner
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods. — Thomas Merton
In the most basic terms it was about how when we experience art without critical awareness we consent to the ideas being promoted, either intentionally… — Simon Pegg
Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication. — T.D. Jakes
I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an… — Jim Butcher
April frowned, irritation evident. â€œI did not consent to your presence,â€ she said peevishly. â€œPlease depart, and attempt your political assassination on someone elseâ€™s property. — Mira Grant
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these… — Cory Doctorow
She expected the pain, when it came. But she gasped at its sharpness; it was not like any pain she had felt before. He kissed… — Kristin Cashore
At the end of the day, though, the entire basis for consent laws doesn't make sense. We're not old enough to decide if we don't… — Jessica Valenti
He (Jesus) will reign over you, either by your consent, or without it. — Charles Spurgeon

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