Permission Quotes - page 6

People around the world are confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds. (Caroline Myss)
I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them. View quote
Charles Foster Johnson
It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
Finally we hit upon the old cathedral of Amsterdam, which belongs to the Reformed Church and which we remodeled. The owners gave us permission, on certain financial conditions, to shoot the film there. Before that, we had planned to use the cathedral of Cologne, but two days before we began our preparations, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover was shown on German television and the archbishop immediately forbade us from entering the cathedral site! View quote
Peter Greenaway
Troops without ammunition or food. Effective command no longer possible. 18,000 wounded without any supplies or dressings or drugs. Further defence senseless. Collapse inevitable. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops. View quote
Friedrich Paulus
If General Omar el Bashir's government gives me permission to pursue Kony beyond the red line, it will only take me 30 minutes to finish him and his fighters. View quote
Yoweri Museveni
Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission. View quote
Jerry Pournelle
No brother should preach contrary to the form and regulation of the holy Church nor unless he has been permitted by his minister. The minister should take care not to grant this permission to anyone indiscriminately. All the Friars, however, should preach by their deeds. View quote
Francis of Assisi
You don't have permission to disrespect yourself. View quote
Martin de Maat
I want people on the front line to be proud of what they're doing and give themselves permission to finish things in ways that they can be proud of. View quote
Satya Nadella
The CBS crew had arrived: Ed Bradley; his producer, David Gelber; and a cameraman. The 60 Minutes people had government permission to work on other stories in Beijing, but they went first to Shanghai as tourists, which gave them cover to work on the real story. Ordinary Chinese did not recognize Ed Bradley as a television star as he walked down the streets of Shanghai. (Ed Bradley)
(There will be) No manifestation but after Allah's permission, and that will be after the passing of a long term, the hardening of the hearts, and the filling of the Earth with tyranny. View quote
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Your teachers are always telling you [high school students] to behave like adults. I wonder if they'd like it if you did. You may be loud and disorganized, but you're very docile compared to adults.... Imagine the reaction of an FBI agent or taxi driver or reporter to being told they had to ask permission to go the bathroom, and only one person could go at a time. View quote
Paul Graham
It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission. View quote
Christopher Paolini
In the Saudi system, women are considered inferior. No matter our age, we have male guardians. We must get permission from men to attend school, to work, to marry, to travel overseas - even to have basic medical procedures. View quote
Manal al-Sharif
The average american spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green. six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on. View quote
Megan McCafferty
My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level. View quote
Noah Hawley
There can be legal conflicts over whether registering intent is enough to qualify you as an organ donor or whether a doctor must still ask your family's permission. View quote
Richard Thaler
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or wait for somebody else to make a decision about how to use you, with writing, you can do it anywhere, anytime you want. You don't have to ask permission. View quote
Sam Shepard
Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. there is no need to explain or make sense of it. just trust what you feel. View quote
Sonia Choquette
When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives. (Steven Johnson)
He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back. View quote
Tessa Dare
Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission, but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realize-they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense. View quote
Charles Duhigg
The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many Republicans want to drill baby drill but what's the point if all the oil goes to China? Increased production obviously doesn't mean lower prices for us. View quote
Bill O'Reilly
Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter. View quote
Greg McKeown