Quotes About Permission

Everything is a prototype," says Claudia. "So, we would do an org change and I would say to everyone, 'It's a prototype." Which means (a) I have permission to be wrong and (b) I want your feedback if it's not working.

Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.

The first time the three of us went to the movies together, he waited until you went to get popcorn, and then he said, You don't mind, do you? And I'd been so moved that he'd asked, that he wanted my permission.

They had no right to deny us. But they had every right to feel things.

You can feel bad... I mean, that's not illegal.

If it was possible for me to adopt, I probably would, but no one's going to let me adopt.

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

We all want approval.

You haven't yet given me the right to obey you when you say: 'I want to.

History shows that silence is unforgivable, for it gives bigotry license. And when meek words masquerade as moral courage, they are perceived as indifference and give the worst of human nature permission to flourish.

Il n'y a rien de coupable. L'instant n'est pas coupable, c'est seulement de vouloir le retenir qui n'est pas permis. Seul le fait de se cramponner à ce qui ne se laisse pas retenir... (89)

A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well.

Assent. Child's agreement to participate in a research study.

There is a very beautiful expression in the Hebrew language that's borrowed from spoken Torah... 'All is predicted, and permission is given at any point to change anything.' I think I live by this idiom in the sense that there is always a goal; there is always something to look forward to in life and my creative search, and that goal is there.

I have the feeling, Liberty, that you're hoping for someone to give you permission to do what you want to do.

No, Mr. Swift's mind doesn't work that way, any more than my father's does. They're men of business. Predators. If Mr. Swift wanted me, he wouldn't stop to ask for my permission any more than a lion would stop and politely ask an antelope if he would mind being eaten for lunch.

You're not a wallflower. But you have my permission to hide in corners, my sweet—so long as you take me with you. In fact, I'll insist on it.

I just gave you permission to fuck me, but be clear: I'm not another notch on your belt. You're a notch on mine.

It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.

I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

Hence the explanation of sin is that God permits it, but controls and overrules it for His own glory. If

Well, then, good night to you; you have no objection, I hope, to my being drunk to-night, which I certainly will be.

After a few minutes, Molly came partway up the short ladder to the bridge and stopped. Do I need to ask permission to come up there or something? Why would you? I asked. She considered. It's what they do on Star Trek ?

My God, there are times when the sexiest thing a woman can give a man is permission.