Permit Quotes

614 quotes by 485 authors

An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire?permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her at the moment,… — Diane Ackerman
We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is… — Gerald R. Ford
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. — Sigmund Freud
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise… — Erich Fromm
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home. — David Frost
Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to… — Andre Gide
Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking. — Bainbridge Colby
We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the… — Davy Crockett
The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school… — Sloane Crosley
This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a… — Robert Delaunay
The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told. — Alan Dershowitz
Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it. — Allyson Felix
You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not… — Carly Fiorina
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. — E. M. Forster
Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate. — James Hansen
The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified… — Sam Harris
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. — Sydney J. Harris

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