Famous quotes containing the word permitted:
“From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word “stammer.” I can’t say it myself.”
—Patrick Campbell (1913–1980)
“Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.”
—Alice Miller (20th century)