Regina Brett

We've come a long way from having one land line that was forbidden to be answered during dinner. We had no answering machine, just a dad who barked, 'Who calls during dinner? If it's important, they'll call back.' He was right.

American Journalist

Dorothy Allison

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.

American Writer

Robert Dale Owen

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?

Scottish Politician

Ken Bruen

The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer!

Irish Writer

Deval Patrick

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.

American Politician

John Denham

Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

British Politician

Mike Tyson

I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.

American Boxer

Napoleon Bonaparte

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

French Statesman

Mark Twain

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

German Writer

Used when someone with authority, such as a parent or government, restricts actions.

Authority or Rule

Implies that breaking the prohibition could lead to serious consequences.

Serious Consequence

Highlights the urgency or importance the speaker attaches to the prohibition.

Strong Emphasis

Points out that something acts as a barrier preventing an event or action.

Impediment Presence

Often refers to non-human factors that hinder something, not a person.

No Personal Agent

Can be used figuratively to describe a general prevention or obstruction.

Not Always Literal

Expresses a stern warning or a strong recommendation against an action.

Strong Disapproval

Conveys emotional intensity and the speaker's serious attitude towards the behavior.

Emotional Weight

Sometimes used out of concern to safeguard someone from potential harm.

Protective Intent

 But the truth is that your brain might be going through a transition, or is going through a transition and needs time and support to adjust. Also, if anyone is concerned that middle-aged women might be underperformers, I'll just quickly add that we looked at cognitive performance, God forbid, right?

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 where humanity rules the stars in a giant feudal empire. This medieval motif goes beyond just the government. Unlike most interstellar sci-fi, Herbert's humans conquered the stars without any computers. Following an ancient war with robots, humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine

Why should you read...

 Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs for fear that they'd lead to desertion or suicide. But as migration increased worldwide, nostalgia was observed in various groups. It turned out that anyone separated from their native place for a long time

Why do we feel...

 a few years ago, although heaven forbid that we should stoop to public outing of people against their will. In most cases, people who out themselves will help to destroy the myth that there is something wrong with atheists. On the contrary,

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 room behind closed doors I very much wanted to go in to that room but it was forbidden for me as my parents told me you can enter once you learn how to play chess so obviously I was very motivated to learn the game in the beginning it

Giving checkmate is...

 So how do we reconcile what is universally forbidden, yet universally practiced? Now, throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories

Rethinking infidelity...

 it says until if this place is protected it can really tell the difference in the reef this is what a pristine reef should all shark are protected it's forbidden to kill a shark to fish are and many

Filming Sharks In...

 and I could not answer truthfully then. But I know why you asked. I know that it was important for you to hear that I, your teacher, the one who has seen the world that you are forbidden from,

This is what it's like...

 was death. Many commentators have said that death is the forbidden subject of our generation. Most people live as if they're never going to die. Technology projects the myth

Billy Graham:...

 treat each other with respect that's why political talks are strictly forbidden here if they were not forbidden many if no idea what would

Forbid

Authority or Rule

Serious Consequence

Strong Emphasis

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