#permission

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

#coming #freedom #little #mean #more

But I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the things you want. When you're a little kid and you're told no, you scream and throw a temper tantrum. When you're a teenager and your parents tell you no, you're old enough to internalize your temper tantrum. But you're smarter and you're sneakier this time around. So you nod and act like you care when they say no, when they tell you who you can be friends with, when they say the know what's best. But then you go behind their backs to do it anyway. Because at some point, you need to start calling the shots. At some point, you need to start believing you know whats best. Or, I thought with a smile, you just stop asking for their permission in the first place. ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

#parents #permission #change

Change occurs at the edges, without permission. ↗

— Patti Digh

#instincts #permission #take-a-chance #change

Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#choices #choosing-your-life #confidence #happily-single #independence

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. ↗

— George W. Bush

#defend #never #our #our people #people

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. ↗

— Julie Walters

#allow #almost #certain #certain age #get

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could

It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#criminals #destroy #limits #permission #puts

The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission. ↗

— Andrew Card

#meet #need #permission #their

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me. ↗

— Wynonna Judd

#hand #i #lately #learned #me