Quotes About Restriction

Just because it's forbidden doesn't mean it's good for you.

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

You may ask me for anything you like except time.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or, if there be, they will not let you have it.

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal.

if caffeine ever makes it to the illegals list, you're going to have to register as an addict.

The one good thing about the Angels was they always colored within the lines. They had to. Suckers.

Naw, I ain't never been out the country. I been a felon for a minute, so there's all types of restrictions on my movement, where I can go.

My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons.

How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

Any restriction of press freedom is unacceptable.

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

His charm would get him just so far. Three

Speaking this language would be out of the question, given the limited bandwidth of the human larynx.

my mind was consumed with the idea of purdah. From behind it no call for help could be heard. An abandoned species was trapped in a forbidden world. Everything corrupt happened under the shroud, when it was off a faceless and nameless woman appeared.

The popularity of leaders like Mandela was an invitation to counter-attack by the government. Mandela was banned from speaking, from attending gatherings, from leaving Johannesburg, from belonging to any organization.

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.

In communism, we never had any freedom - of movement, of speech, of press. We didn't even make own decisions for our lives, our future. We were human robots.

I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I wasn't allowed to do plays and things like that. It was considered dangerous. My parents didn't think it was safe for a girl to do that, and they definitely didn't think it was interesting to participate in the arts.

Protected free speech has boundaries, and one boundary is fraud.

The terms of copyright last far too long: either the life of the author plus 70 years after death for a personal work or 95 years for a corporate work. That length doesn't encourage more authorship - it merely limits the speakers who could share powerful speeches, books, and films.