Permit Quotes

614 quotes by 485 authors

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe. — Thomas Aquinas
Man demands truth and fulfills this demand in moral intercourse with other men; this is the basis of all social life. One anticipates the unpleasant… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit. — Alexander Hamilton
A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see — Leon Levinstein
We...live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste for the finest… — Neal A. Maxwell
I believe that all true art is classic, but the dictates of the mind rarely permit of its being recognized as such when it first… — Marcel Proust
What more fiendish proof of cosmic irresponsibility than a Nature which, having invented sex as a way to mix genes, then permits to arise, amid… — John Updike
Marriage may restrict your activity, but it increases your pleasure. It permits sex without shame, fear, or guilt. — Robert H. Schuller
Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would… — C. E. M. Joad
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and… — Desiderius Erasmus
It belongs among the refinements of totalitarian government in our century that they don't permit their opponents to die a great, dramatic martyr's death for… — Hannah Arendt
Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment, you shouldn't let anyone walk away with the time… — Andy Grove
Indulgences, not fulfillment, is what the world Permits us. — Christopher Fry
For everything is history: What was said yesterday is history, what was said a minute ago is history. But, above all, one is led to… — Claude Levi-Strauss
I found so many Jews and speculators here trading in cotton, and secessionists had become so open in refusing anything but gold, that I have… — William Tecumseh Sherman
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they… — Mike Rutherford
Someone must transform income into the food, shelter, clothing, nurture, discipline, education, minding, nursing, transportation, and emotional support that creates life outside of the office,… — Anne-Marie Slaughter
What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of… — Greta Van Susteren
In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only… — Rod Taylor
I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on.… — Nik Wallenda

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