Top 66 Afforded Quotes

In this post, you will find great Afforded Quotes from famous people, such as Simone Weil, Linda Colley, Anthony Mackie, Chesa Boudin, Roger Moore. You can learn and implement many lessons from these quotes.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought t

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.
Postcolonial critics are, I suspect, wrong when they argue that the mass of British people still mourn the loss of empire. But Britain‘s politicians – and its Foreign Office – have found it hard to adjust to the loss, not so much of onetime colonies as of the global clout the colonies once afforded.
I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you‘re bad in a movie, you’re bad forever.
Local prosecutors must use the power and discretion afforded them to carry out sweeping reforms that will protect the public – especially Black communities – from police violence. Our system‘s integrity depends on it.
Bond has afforded me a great personal passport, which I use for UNICEF.
Black Lives Matter is proving itself to seek only one end – and that is discord, alienation among Americans, rise in hate, and destruction of community bonds. The relative increase in justice afforded black Americans is of little concern, save as a convenient veneer for their anti-democratic mission.
Whiteness is dynamic, relational, and operating at all times and on myriad levels. These processes and practices include basic rights, values, beliefs, perspectives and experiences purported to be commonly shared by all but which are actually only consistently afforded to white people.
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
I’ve found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet – for instance, in the Middle Easteven very conservative politicians in the region will say, ‘You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,’ or, ‘Would you send a note to my granddaughter?’
It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players.
But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks.
The days of the Pentagon Papers debates seem long past, when a sudden transparency yielded insight into fights over war and peace and freedom and security; the transparency afforded by Twitter and Facebook yields insights that extend no further than a lawmaker’s boundless narcissism and a culture‘s pitiless prurience.
If you cannot commit several hours per week to maintain the liberty that others afforded you, then you, by your inaction and silent voice, abet those who seek to destroy it.
The eight months I took off betweenTeen Vogue‘ and ‘Lucky’ afforded me such amazing opportunities, and I learned so much from so many different people – the brands that I worked with, the companies that I was consulting for.
As an immigrant, I am grateful for the tremendous opportunities that this great nation has afforded me and my family. I am also aware of the ongoing challenges that immigrants confront, and understand that respecting law and borders is essential for keeping America strong.
‘ER’ was an all-consuming universe, but I don’t have a single regret. It gave me some of the greatest friendships I have and afforded me one of the rarest commodities in an actor‘s life, which is the financial security to pick and choose jobs for factors besides the paycheck.
I wanted some family structure and stability, and that’s what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.
Shirley Jones
Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects everything in terms of how we live the gospel in our daily lives. It affects how we pray, how we study the scriptures, how we worship at church.
Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.
The Tonight Show‘ afforded us the opportunity to work with The Muppets and other ‘Sesame Streetcharacters, and we always had the desire to do something that spoke to young people.
The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn’t have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn’t possibly have gone.
As one of the first creators on YouTube, I’ve been fortunate to sit in the front row, witnessing the remarkable evolution of digital media. The experiences and knowledge I’ve been afforded are invaluable, and I’m excited to take that skill set, together with Endemol Beyond, to build a reliable, reputable business.
I traveled with then-Senator Obama to Israel in 2008. I will never forget our time in the holy city of Jerusalem and following behind him as he approached the Western Wall – and even in the dark hours of that very early morning, it was a place bustling with energy afforded by one’s faith.
I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.
My parents have raised me and my three siblings to be aware of the privilege we have been afforded and the responsibility it brings.
I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it’s afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music.
Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.
One lesson of the vote for Brexit was that citizens were fed up being treated as bystanders. One of the gains of Leave was the flourishing of a sense of agency and self-determination that it afforded to many.
I think that they had afforded me many opportunities to do good work there, and I think I did. It was a wonderful four years. I really worked with some great people, terrific producers, terrific editors.
On the First Coast, there’s a team of individuals working extremely hard for the future of JAXPORT. On the road ahead, I look forward to working with them to see that the Port is afforded every opportunity to grow and expand. The challenge is large, but we are all up for it.
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.
Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be gra

Of course, of course I’m grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.
That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation.
I generally get challenged; I haven‘t been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It’s not something that every actor gets, really. It’s luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren’t afforded the opportunity to express their variety.
Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States – and a hard-earned privilege at that.
Chelsea Manning
But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of – the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement.
J. L. Austin
Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
I had no background in communications but what I did have was an excellent education from Providence College and a love of basketball. That afforded me the chance to be good on my feet and stay afloat while I learned the media business.
It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.
My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I’m thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity.
I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility.
New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time.
Dean Winters
My education, drive, and commitment have afforded me every opportunity I have ever sought.
Emily Compagno
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
There’s something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There’s definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you’re afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.
To this day, I still get people calling me Aunt Becky, and I’m not offended by that at all. ‘Full House’ has afforded me wonderful opportunities in my career.
Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it. But I have started to be like, ‘I only want to do things that I want to do,’ and writing has afforded me the luxury.
There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.
Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.
Less than one percent of U.S. college students attend Ivy League schools, and these students don’t necessarily reflect the world’s brightest and most capable thought leaders but, rather, the people who’ve been afforded the most opportunities to succeed.
My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I’m very young.
I’m here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!
All my life I’ve encountered people who were obsessed with one particular class of object or experience, who were constantly pursuing that thing. Since I was a little kid, I hadn’t afforded myself the opportunity, I guess, to have a hobby.
The example afforded before the Great War by Germany – which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe – suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection.
I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate– and geography-wise, the planet seems to have little use for us.
To be in a Pixar movie is just great to begin with, and it has afforded me the opportunity to do a different medium because I have never done voice-over before. And I love it.
I think it’s lovely that women are afforded attention on the stage in terms of their inner journeys, their emotional lives. That’s the great harvest, the great writing available to women. Whether that makes it to the screen, that’s a whole other conversation.
I’m very grateful for the career that I’ve had. And I’m very grateful for the experiences that ‘Star Trek‘ has afforded me, along with my past background.
DeForest Kelley
It’s part of the gift and the curse of coming behind my brother. I’m not afforded the luxury of just taking a set casual, taking the night off. Because if I bomb, it’s, ‘Oh, he’s not funny – he’s just doing it because of his brother.’
College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
Trans talent is not even making it into the audition room, and we’re not even being afforded the opportunity to tell our own stories. I feel that is problematic.
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governmentsincluding the one I ran as Governor of Mississippi – to deny the equal rights to an entire segment of our population that are afforded all of us under the Constitution.
Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, bu

Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.
Jim Walton
I had always owned them to be the Word of God… the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God.
I’ve given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C… many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I’ve given them.
I’m not an author, but as a songwriter, I’m afforded this kind of luxurious ambiguity in songs of being able to confess the secrets of my relationships with people and face basically no consequences, or ask for no approval or permission.