Quotes About Freedom

Often in America, access to the freedoms and privileges guaranteed under the Constitution are determined by ZIP code.

We were a gun-free school zone, when one of our schoolmates brought guns to school and took our school hostage. I never want anyone to have to be in that situation, again, and the fear I felt, taught me a very good lesson is our Second Amendment is one of our greatest freedoms we have, and I believe we have to protect it at all costs.

A 'no flex zone' is an area where a lot of people can be themselves, live their life, get their money.

I'm generally more and more in my comfort zone in the wild.

Dancing has always been my comfort zone.

I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge.

I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.

To break R&B into subcategories does a disservice to the music. I like to live in a zone where I can do whatever I want, where I don't have to worry about genre.

For me, working out is to zone out and just be you. Who cares what you look like?

I can play in any position in the attacking zone, but I don't like to stick to the wing, for instance. I need to have freedom to move throughout the attacking and creative zone.

To me, the stage is like the free zone. That's what makes it exhilarating. For whatever reason, there's this weird little square where it's kind of a romper room for adults.

I sing, but I also like to write. Creativity is the best part because you're then in your own zone and can talk about whatever you want to talk about - it lets you be free.

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.

I've never really been able to tolerate zoos.

You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone.

In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to do but wait for the next meal. Circuses are even worse places for animals. Their living conditions are deplorable, especially in travelling circuses where cages have to be small so that they can go on the road.

Laurie Anderson

Out of the best and most productive years of each man's life, he should carve a segment in which he puts his private career aside to serve his community and his country, and thereby serve his children, his neighbours, his fellow men, and the cause of freedom.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

I have accepted all and I am free. The inner chains are broken, as well as those outside.

True freedom lies in the realization and calm acceptance of the fact that there may very well be no perfect answer.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.

Somehow, when we no longer feel in control, we become available to deeper aliveness.