Permissive Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone. — Jenny Shipley
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society — Roy Jenkins
You have to listen to your own voice. Not your heart, not your instincts, not any of that self-permissive psycho-babble stuff. No, none of that.… — Fleur Adcock
One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders. — Vikram Sarabhai
Every first-rate editor I have ever heard of reads, edits and rewrites every word that goes into his publication.... Good editors are not 'permissive'; they… — Peter Drucker
I suppose I'd had, by the standards of that pre-permissive time, a good deal of sex for my age. Girls, or a certain kind of… — John Fowles
A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources. — B.F. Skinner
We live in far too permissive a society. Never before has pornography been this rampant. And those films are so badly lit! — Woody Allen
No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits… — Paulo Freire
The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry. — Curt Flood
I love America, it's a much more permissive place. — Amy Winehouse
Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which… — Amy Chua
Itâ€™s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now they will say we, with our permissive society and… — Stephen Fry
In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make… — Chuck Norris
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments. — Zig Ziglar
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom… — Pope John Paul II
I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand… — Edward Abbey
Stopâ€¦stop, thatâ€™s the next generation of fansâ€¦ How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged because… — Kevin Smith
But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone one is permitted to have what they want,… — Tabitha Suzuma
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive… — Pope Benedict XVI

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22 authors contributed a total of 22 Permissive Quotes as follows: