Forbidden Quotes
-
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
Mark Twain -
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus
-
Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.
Oscar Wilde -
He’d been her one taste of the forbidden fruit. A slow coil of anger began to burn deep inside him. Nobody ever asked the damned fruit if it wanted to be forbidden.
Courtney Milan -
When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences may be.
George Washington -
The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. 'Everything is permitted' does not mean that nothing is forbidden.
Albert Camus -
Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world.
Adolf Hitler -
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they only stand By ignorance? Is that their happy state, The proof of their obedience and their faith? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin!
John Milton
-
I'm not talking so much about sex - after you've seen sex in a picture, what else can happen - but violence is very bad. People think these are things you are allowed to do. I think they should be forbidden.
Sofia Villani Scicolone -
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Ovid -
I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages.
Ingrid Betancourt -
I've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.
Bette Midler -
The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
Salman Rushdie -
Women were forbidden to study the most ancient sacred text, the Veda.
Wendy Doniger
-
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse...
John Milton -
It would be most wholesome if for at least twenty years art historians were forbidden to refer to any derivations. If they were not allowed to account for a work of art mainly by tracing where it comes from, they would have to deal with it in and by itself--which is what they are most needed for.
Rudolf Arnheim -
Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.
Claudius Claudianus -
We are not forbidden to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor because our natural attitude toward the other is one of either indifference or hostility.
W. H. Auden -
If I were you I'd promise to live life for all it's worth, take all you've been given and leave your mark upon this Earth. Trust your heart to show you everything you need...and if you were you, I'd fall in love with me.
Floyd Elliot Wray -
Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal.
Deena Metzger
-
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
John Calvin -
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
Tertullian -
It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.
Erica Jong -
Having forbidden all unlawful marriage, and all unseemly practice, and the union of women with women and men with men.
Elton Welsby