Permit Quotations

A beam of light takes about two million years to reach from us to the Andromeda nebula. But my thought covers this distance in a few seconds. Perhaps some day some intermediate form of body and mind may permit us to say that we actually can travel faster than light.

As an Englishman, permit me now to say with what pleasure I learnt of the election of Professor Planck and Professor Stark to the Nobel Prizes for the years 1918 and 1919.

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.

The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

Let's make a deal with the Serbs. Neither history nor emotion in the Balkans will permit multinationalism. We have to give up on the illusion of the last eight years... Dayton isn't working. Nobody - except diplomats and petty officials - believes in a sovereign Bosnia and the Dayton accords.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war.

I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule.

For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process so slanted in favor of Big Oil that often permit reviews are simply waived.

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?

We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war.

Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people.

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on.

You are a victim of your own neural architecture which doesn't permit you to imagine anything outside of three dimensions. Even two dimensions. People know they can't visualise four or five dimensions, but they think they can close their eyes and see two dimensions. But they can't.

Reason would lead us to the conclusion that Jehovah would not create a wonderful earth like this, permit man to bring it to a high state of cultivation in many places, and then completely destroy it.

Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States.

I became interested in this question of whether you can build wormholes for interstellar travel. I realized that if you had a wormhole, the theory of general relativity by itself would permit you to go backward in time.

Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerful images are. We wouldn't have thought of creating a visual bomb. In a way, he's chopped down two iconic buildings, and used our very truth imagery, to express himself. It's fascinating... I mean, dreadful.

Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. 'Is it envy,' you ask? I don't know... I've had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who's an ambassador... perhaps God doesn't permit that much.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.

Feeling I'd scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I'm near the end of it. I'm not quite sure what Late Style means except that it's some sort of licence, a permit for ageing practitioners to kick their heels up.

My honored father will permit the observation that, though I have not heretofore always appreciated, as I ought, the motives and the feelings of a father, I hope I have learned wisdom in that respect; and my highest earthly gratification would be to make easy the downhill of life of those parents to whom I owe all that I am and most that I have.

You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.

I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.

I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it.

If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns.

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal - the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits.

The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit housing construction to accommodate new residents. The Los Angeles model, common on the West Coast and in the Northeast Corridor, discourages growth by limiting new housing.

A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing paths through the private affairs of a modern digital citizen.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next.

The permit is issued to the national entity Andersen, and its actions, regardless of where they take place, are relevant to Andersen's fitness to practice in Connecticut,

We are processing the overnight permit applications right now, and I haven't counted how many applications but it looks like we've got a thousand.

We've also decided to permit relief material being sent by private organizations and international (charities) to Pakistan.

Whenever someone removes trees without a permit and things like that, they have to pay fees.

We're not anywhere near a position to permit that.

To permit your mind to dwell upon the inferior is to become inferior and to surround yourself with inferior things.

To permit teens to talk on the phone while still practicing their driving skills simply does not promote safe driving practices on our roadways.

The law often permits what honor prohibits.

We want to put the outside electric service underground, and it took three months to get a state permit for the 5-foot run.

We have never operated outside permit levels at the plant.

The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.

Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued existence.

We hope all the parties will react quickly--that Japan is rational about what has actually happened and that USDA really gets into the case and assures Japan this is something they won't permit to happen.

The REAL ID Act would, among other things, permit immigration judges to deny asylum based solely on an applicant's demeanor, ... As health professionals who also do asylum evaluations, we fear that this is likely to lead immigration judges (who are not adequately trained in the symptoms of torture survivors) to deny asylum to those who need it most.

What we must eliminate are systems of representation that carry with them the authority which has become repressive because it doesn't permit or make room for interventions on the part of those represented.

We are taking this step to secure permanent capital to grow; to share ownership broadly among our employees now and through future compensation; and to permit us to use publicly traded securities to finance strategic acquisitions that we may elect to make in the future.

We're looking to fill that gap as our production starts to go down six or seven years from now. And these mines, as everyone is learning, take longer and longer to drill out and to permit and build, so we're actively looking now.

I would think that you are more fluent with the rational. It has its appeal. But the irrational permits a greater exercise of ... shall we say, power.

The plan fails to provide bottom line standards for biological goals, adaptive management, monitoring, and permit duration.

Since we do charge for our work, we do need the permit and licenses, but do it not so much for income but more out of a love of what we're doing. We really do enjoy our work. We're blessed and don't need the extra income, and we're at a stage in our lives where we don't have to do work if we don't want to.

Most of the time building permit activity has a direct bearing on actual construction activity, since developers do not want to expend capital to pay for permits only to be not working on their projects.

May God permit us both to return to a free and independent Poland.

M dwarf stars dominate the stellar population in the solar neighborhood, and so are attractive targets for searching for habitable planets. The models show that gas-giant planets are indeed likely to form?at distances sufficiently large enough to permit the later formation of habitable, terrestrial planets.

One permit is for air protection and the other for water.

Peru needs reconciliation, but it can't be done like this. Peru cannot be kidnapped by the military commanders and you cannot permit negotiations with a gun to your head.

permit such marketing to be directed toward adult smokers.

Permit limits are designed to prevent wastewater discharges from polluting nearby water bodies and harming drinking water resources and habitat. We are confident the Tribal Authority will promptly make the needed corrections to bring these plants into Clean Water Act compliance.

My understanding of God does not permit me to accept that every bad or good thing that occurs is a reward or punishment. There are times when bad things happen to good people, ... We need consolation, not anger; love, not hate. The God I serve and pray to daily has charged me not to blame but to help.

Ongoing legal action over the air permit does not preclude the building of Thoroughbred. Peabody has a legal permit to construct; the company made the business decision not to do so.

If they have good jobs, we have to give them some kind of multi-year work permit that validates their presence here,

But the American people are already deciding that their Constitution does not permit dismembering children,

Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall; Did I not see, did I not feel. That One Great Spirit governs all. O Heaven, permit that I may lie Where o'er my corse green branches wave; And those who from life's tumults fly With kindred feelings press my grave.

Because of the new regulations, our permit for doing this work expires at the end of the year.

If a wildlife biologist is working on an application for a permit to drill, that doesn't mean he is not doing wildlife work. The wildlife job is a broad job, and it does involve energy.

If we would want at a later time to permit the entry and exit from Rafah to Egypt, and smoothly, we would want a third party there. There is no doubt that the Europeans are very interested to be the third party,

If we were to show that we are willing to stand by and permit a military regime to overthrow this democracy, it would have bad ramifications.

If we permit more takeovers, such as AT&T and BellSouth, we will eventually see a further shrinking of the number of conglomerates dominating our local and national media.

He has signed a contract with us and I heard on Monday that his work permit has been received. We were expecting him to join us at any time.

There is good borrowing and bad borrowing, ... If we permit our infrastructure to slowly collapse, our economy will slowly collapse.

There is enough leeway in these guidelines to permit proselytizing.

We the property owners are against the change in permit to be used for paint ball.

Under law, we shall issue a depredation permit if you can prove that there is damage to your property or livestock. But you have to take reasonable steps to remove whatever is inviting that animal in.

Human life has dignity at every age; the taking of innocent human life is always wrong. I believe our nation at every level of government must reject any scheme to permit or promote assisted suicide and euthanasia. We must encourage new efforts to assist patients approaching the end of life to cope with their pain through medical, psychological, and social means.

I agree with the Speaker and have concluded that my other activities do not permit me to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly requires.

I would not want the public to think that, because we talking about spending this kind of money, we are not meeting our discharge permit requirements. We are.

I think it is way too soon. They need to investigate everything and put in more strict guidelines. You could see by the number of people at the meeting that the area is pretty upset. If they issue the permit now, something is going on.

It could jeopardize their annual permit (to serve food and alcohol).

I think, your honor, you could say -- and this is not that different from what we have argued -- that as long as the manual recounts will not impair the final certification in time to permit the selection of electors by December 12, that those manual recounts must be included.

It is not the fire marshal's job, ... to issue a $2 permit that would jeopardize $2 million worth of property.

It is no wonder that workplace dating is taking off, with more than 28 million young people, some of whom spend more time together in the office than they do outside of work. Employers almost have no choice but to permit interoffice dating,

It is inconceivable that military commanders would permit their troops to cross an international border without explicit political authorization to do so. That clearly would be a decision solely for your Government,

I will not permit these homes to be rebuilt in the same places,

I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.

I think there are questions about whether there will continue to be a real basis for innovation and open platforms. If they don't permit true innovation and true openness, it will not provide maximum benefit to the people.

People are allowed to protest in North Bergen when they get a permit to protest from the police department. There have been other protests in front of my home, but those people filed for permits. But no one told the police of any activity. They didn't know anything about it. You can't protest without a permit.

Our issue is that we didn't issue the permit or inspect the site, ... We saw the basin on the news, and saw the application on the desk for that. When we saw the mudslide, we knew something had to be done.

Our preference is to seek a longer-term solution that will permit the orderly development of textile and apparel trade. But the United States will have no hesitation in walking away from a bad deal.

Our permit expired and we were told that we needed to be off the Green. They issued threats that we took as unfriendly.

Our overall goal, as we've said all along, is to reach a longer-term solution that will permit greater stability in textile and apparel trade. The US has been using its right under China's WTO accession agreement to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption, and we will continue to do so as appropriate.