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qualitygal
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how does the saying go about, easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission?

‎04-07-2017 01:50 PM

Is that how the quote goes? I've heard it twice and I wonder if I heard that right, and who said it if it is right?

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Re: how does the saying go about, easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission?

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‎04-07-2017 01:56 PM - edited ‎04-07-2017 01:59 PM

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992) was a U.S. Naval officer, and an early computer programmer.

 

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Re: how does the saying go about, easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission?

‎04-07-2017 02:02 PM

@Cakers3 wrote:

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992) was a U.S. Naval officer, and an early computer programmer.

 

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Re: how does the saying go about, easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission?

‎04-07-2017 02:04 PM

@Cakers3, Excellent and speedy Gonzalez. Thanks.

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Re: how does the saying go about, easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission?

‎04-07-2017 02:06 PM

@qualitygal  Google is my friend.

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