A Quote by Paulo Coelho

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian - Novelist
Born: August 24, 1947

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

Grace Hopper

The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.

Robert Jordan

It is easier to apologize than to get permission.

Grace Hopper

In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.

Ingrid Betancourt

Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it's - I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house.

Ricky Martin

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.

Ayn Rand

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

Grace Hopper

Don't ask what it means or what it refers to. Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.

Eva Hesse

Liberals don't ask 'Does it work?' They ask 'Does it equalize?'

Dennis Prager

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Grace Hopper

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

Christopher Paolini

To ask people's permission to take their pictures? Sometimes it feels right to ask, but I will not ask, unless it is essential to do so. If you asked all the time, you would miss everything. With the exception of portraits, it is generally bad news if people are looking at the camera.

Martin Parr

Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness.

Drake

My area of research is something that in all fairness has no practical usability whatsoever and the thing is I'm often asked to apologize for that. It is interesting to me that people ask 'what's the point of doing that if it's not useful?' But they never ask that, or do they very rarely ask that about art or literature or music. Those things are not gonna produce a better toaster.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Without having to ask anyone's permission, innovators everywhere used the Internet's open platform to start companies that have transformed how billions of people live and work.

Ajit Pai

Do what you think is right and apologize later.

Scott Wilson

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