Quotes About Independent

Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.

I have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.

India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.

I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

The fiercely independent Arnold did not need the encouragement of Loyalists: he may have thought of changing sides as early as the seniority controversy two years earlier

In the Iron Range, an area noted for its independent, unpredictable, and generally cantankerous population

Miss Burgess Fern came up, sat in the chair beside her sister, and, after listening a moment, said, "I think the secret of Rhoda's temperament is the simple fact that she doesn't need others, the way most of us do. She is such a self-sufficient little girl! Never in all my life have I seen anybody so completely all-of-one-piece!

Cats are solitary hunters with only the vaguest concept of hierarchy and little desire to "please" anyone but themselves

We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.

John Maynard Keynes criticized fiduciaries for preferring to "fail conventionally" rather than taking, as Swensen so often does, direct responsibility for independent, even pioneering thought and action.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

Every substance is as a world apart, independent of everything else except God.

Somebody should tell Jerry Falwell that God is an Independent . . . he's not rich enough to be a Republican.

Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him.

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.

God's existence needs to be established independently before he can be brought into account for causation; it cannot be assumed at the start.

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8, 000 movies.

Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?

Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors.

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.

There are perfectly good independent small nations.

I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed.