#license

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license. ↗

— Will Wright

#license #pilot #used #well #yes

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet? ↗

— William Gibson

#any #anyone #child #demand #does

When he came back from downtown, he had forgotten to bring his license, his identification, the $2 for the wedding license. So we got married two days later. ↗

— Eydie Gorme

#back #bring #came #days #downtown

In most states, it's more difficult to get a license for your dog than it is to buy a big cat. Right now, there are more tigers in the state of Texas than in all of India. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#buy #cat #difficult #dog #get

Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. ↗

— David Attenborough

#britain #broadcaster #course #government #grant

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#borne #engine #excellent #fire #formidable

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#actor #avoiding #become #becoming #being

So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#getting #got #license #once #running

When I signed the license, I thought the media wasn't going to pick up on it if I used my real name, Nicholai Hilton. ↗

— Nicky Hilton

#hilton #i #license #media #name

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#applies #his #license #life #novelist