it's better to ask forgiveness than permission

It is better to act and do something that one may have to apologize for than to do nothing out of caution or politeness. The phrase prioritizes action over courtesy. I hope my supervisor isn't mad, but it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, right? Who cares if you offend someone—you need to get your music to the right people, and it's better to ask forgiveness than permission!

词组	it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
释义	it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's better to ask forgiveness than permission It is better to act and do something that one may have to apologize for than to do nothing out of caution or politeness. The phrase prioritizes action over courtesy. I hope my supervisor isn't mad, but it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, right? Who cares if you offend someone—you need to get your music to the right people, and it's better to ask forgiveness than permission! See also: ask, better Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: you only live once YOLO be twiddling (one's) thumbs be twiddling your thumbs apologize for how dare you, etc. (as) sure as eggs (is eggs) a man/woman/person of action man of action it's all right References in periodicals archive Sometimes it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. This also does not contradict Axiom 2.0, not even a little bit. The Rogue Program Management Art of War: Ward & Quaid's excellent 8 1/2 Axioms; All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing. (G. K. Chesterton "on Gargoyles")
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