Act Allowed

Famous quotes containing the words act and/or allowed:

“In the deeper layers of the modern consciousness ... every attempt to succeed is an act of aggression, leaving one alone and guilty and defenseless among enemies: one is punished for success. This is our intolerable dilemma: that failure is a kind of death and success is evil and dangerous, is—ultimately—impossible.”
—Robert Warshow (1917–1955)

“Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 20:15.