Permit Quotes

614 quotes by 485 authors

Novels institutionalize the ruse of eros. It becomes a narrative texture of sustained incongruence, emotional and cognitive. It permits the reader to stand in triangular… — Anne Carson
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time… — Thomas More
Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude towards that fact. How you think about a fact… — Norman Vincent Peale
Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade… — Booker T. Washington
The Koran does not permit Mohammedans to drink. Their natural instincts do not permit them to be moral. They say the Sultan has eight hundred… — Mark Twain
GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more… — Brother Lawrence
If people who have to work together in an enterprise trust one another it is because they are all operating to a common set of… — Francis Fukuyama
Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power… — Og Mandino
People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of character… — William Bennett
As evolutionary time is measured, we have only just turned up and have hardly had time to catch breath, still marveling at our thumbs, still… — Lewis Thomas
I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would… — Booker T. Washington
The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time,… — Carlos Castaneda
My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival.… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war. — Smedley Butler
I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected. — Vladimir Putin
My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework. — Mohamed ElBaradei
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process so… — Chellie Pingree
I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit. — Bahman Ghobadi
The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit housing construction to… — Virginia Postrel
A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing… — Barton Gellman

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