#tolerate

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. ↗

— Harold Russell

#any #authority #away #civil #constitutional

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. ↗

— James Agate

#does #encourage #fools #gladly #more

Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. ↗

— Greg Bear

#also #brilliant #charming #could #friendship

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#always #cannot #intolerant #itself #limits

I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. ↗

— Larry David

#like #people #tolerate

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#fellow #important #individuals #jobs #organization

You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#free #like #necessarily #tolerate #you

When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#caught #england #got #hadn #i

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#feel #himself #insecurity #must #person

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗

— Robert Frost

#civilized society #doubtful #eccentricity #point #sanity