“It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.”
Variant: I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.
Source: Eragon
“Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.”
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Paulo Coelho 844
Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes
“Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.”
Seth Godin
(1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Jiddu Krishnamurti
(1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
Vol. XI, p. 242
Posthumous publications, The Collected Works
Context: When death comes, it does not ask your permission; it comes and takes you; it destroys you on the spot. In the same way, can you totally drop hate, envy, pride of possession, attachment to beliefs, to opinions, to ideas, to a particular way of thinking? Can you drop all that in an instant? There is no “how to drop it”, because that is only another form of continuity. To drop opinion, belief, attachment, greed, or envy is to die — to die every day, every moment. If there is the coming to an end of all ambition from moment to moment, then you will know the extraordinary state of being nothing, of coming to the abyss of an eternal movement, as it were, and dropping over the edge — which is death. I want to know all about death, because death may be reality; it may be what we call God — that most extraordinary something that lives and moves and yet has no beginning and no end.
“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”
Robert Jordan
(1948–2007) American writer
Lini
(15 October 1994)
Jack Donovan
(1974) American activist, editor and writer
The Way of Men (2012), The Bonobo Masturbation Society
Banksy
pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
taken from 'Brandalism' in the book 'Cut It Out' (inspired from Sean Tejaratchi's piece in Crap Hound No.6, July 1999.) Source http://readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss_conclusion
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Source: Wall and Piece
Context: People are taking the piss out of you every day. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
Source: Anarchism and Other Essays
“I don't give you permission to fail.”
Martin de Maat
(1949–2001) American theatre director
The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)
“You don't have permission to disrespect yourself.”
Martin de Maat
(1949–2001) American theatre director
The Mysterious Martin de Maat (2001)