Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. Votes: 4
Alexis CarrelForbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. Votes: 3
QuintilianI grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden. Votes: 2
Lars von TrierThat's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. Votes: 2
Boris PasternakA book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books. Votes: 2
Georg C. Lichtenbergprospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceLust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path. Votes: 0
Claudius ClaudianusWhile forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. Votes: 0
Abigail Van Burenan intoxication with forbidden knowledge in which the natural things become unimportant. Votes: 0
Anne RiceAfter all, coffee is bitter, a flavor from the forbidden and dangerous realm. Votes: 0
Diane AckermanThe modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonUniversity convention submerges nature. It issues licenses, and hunting without one is forbidden. Votes: 0
Allan BloomIt was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy. Votes: 0
Anatoly ChubaisFor we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThe government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps. Votes: 0
Mao Zedonggirls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests. Votes: 0
Jeffrey EugenidesAll these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden. Votes: 0
Alain RobertI was always fascinated by forbidden things people didn't want to talk about, like death. Votes: 0
Anthony JeselnikThe victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it. Votes: 0
Alice MillerVicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinWhy is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles? Votes: 0
Mason CooleySin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinI am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas ... Votes: 0
Herman MelvilleSeems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinIt is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass. Votes: 0
Augusto BoalAdam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden. Votes: 0
Mark TwainWe do not see into menâs hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisI loved the Romeo and Juliet of the whole thing; this forbidden love between these two characters. Votes: 0
Tyler HoechlinHappy are you, reader, if you do not belong to this sex to which all good is forbidden. Votes: 0
Marie de GournayWomen have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeWhat is it to keep kosher? Is it eating kosher potato chips? Kosher is a bigger idea. I think it's about being healthy. But according to some people, it's about not eating this food because it's forbidden by the Jewish law. My view of the halachah changed a little bit. The laws are there hopefully to be a tool. Votes: 1 Matisyahu
Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together. Votes: 1 Nancy Horan
I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else. Votes: 1 Yotam Ottolenghi
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. Votes: 0 Karen Armstrong
Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body. Votes: 1 Valerie Bertinelli
I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff. Votes: 5 Gene Simmons
When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge. Votes: 3 Barry Eisler
Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way. Votes: 4 Holly Black
Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together. Votes: 3 Nancy Horan