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Allowances Quotes

On the allowances we make for each other.

Most of these quotes use 'allowances' in the sense of cutting someone slack, for local ties, for ill health, for circumstances readers can't see, rather than the literal, financial meaning.

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable.

Quotes by Terry Brooks

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble.

Quotes by Ross MacDonald

Able Quotes

Our highways and our roads are underutilized because of the allowances we have to make for human drivers.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

The suspension of allowances was temporary and was to be reviewed periodically. It was reviewed in the appropriate time after our oil revenue improved.

Quotes by Mohammad bin Salman

I hate for people to think that I have only played for West Ham because I am the local lad and people make allowances for me.

Quotes by Mark Noble

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.

Quotes by Lawrence G. Lovasik

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the...

Quotes by James Payn

Bad Quotes

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

Quotes by Graeme Simsion

I think I have made allowances for the kind of despair which would test my faith, but you cannot know in advance what disaster to those you love would be too much to bear faithfully, and like everyone's, my faith...

Quotes by Francis Spufford

I think there are moral obligations, and I think there are economic transactions. So I think that chores are good; I think that allowances are good. I think combining them is bad.

Quotes by Daniel H. Pink

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

Quotes by Ann Landers

Viking women, if they were left behind, were ruling their town. They were earls in their own right; they owned land in their own right. They could divorce their husbands if they wanted to. All of those wonderful allowances that...

Quotes by Alyssa Sutherland

Frequently Asked Questions

What do 'allowances' mean in these quotes?
Mostly the figurative sense, giving someone leeway or understanding because of their circumstances, rather than a literal financial allowance, though one quote does reference suspended oil-revenue payments.
Why do people search for allowances quotes?
They're often looking for language about patience, forgiveness, or cutting someone slack, especially when circumstances aren't fully visible to outsiders.
Is there a quote about someone rejecting special allowances?
Yes, a footballer says he dislikes the assumption that people go easy on him just because he's the local player, resisting the allowance rather than welcoming it.
Do any quotes mention allowances for health reasons?
One argues that real understanding is owed to people who turn irritable while struggling with poor health, treating patience as a reasonable response to illness rather than an excuse.
Is there a quote about literal financial allowances?
Yes, one references the temporary suspension of allowances that were later reinstated once oil revenue improved, a rare literal use among quotes that otherwise mostly ask readers to be Good to people, not just money.

One athlete pushes back on the idea, saying he dislikes people making allowances for him just because he's the local player. For more on that instinct, see Good quotes.