Top Permitted Quotes

  • [M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road. – John Locke

    [M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.– John Locke

  • We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection. – Stanley Kunitz

    We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection.– Stanley Kunitz

  • We have all been expelled from the Garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection.– Stanley Kunitz

  • The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. – Albert Einstein

    The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.– Albert Einstein

  • The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. – Thomas Jefferson

    The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.– Thomas Jefferson

  • Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected? – Louis de Bernires

    Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected?– Louis de Bernires

  • But we must understand that emotions are unreliable and at times, tyrannical. They should never be permitted to dominate us. – James C Dobson

    But we must understand that emotions are unreliable and at times, tyrannical. They should never be permitted to dominate us.– James C Dobson

  • The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time. – Yevgeny Zamyatin

    The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.– Yevgeny Zamyatin

  • The man who is not permitted to own is owned. – George Santayana

    The man who is not permitted to own is owned.– George Santayana

  • I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. – Agatha Christie

    I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.– Agatha Christie