Quotes About Freedom

I first began to realize that it was time to leave my job when the sight of my manager's telephone number on my screen made my heart contract and burn.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.

One of my very favorite television shows growing up was 'The Prisoner.'

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.

I tell myself that if I start to listen to these people and start to let them decide how I should behave and what I should do, then this is not my life - it's theirs.

I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories.

And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there's another set of moral codes, but I don't think government has a role.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

All my life, I've had a fear of being told what to say, so I'm not telling people what to think. I'm encouraging them to say what they think.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.

P.C. is just too Big Brother - telling me how I should act and feel.

The secret sauce of the business that I can offer is my creativity, and in order to keep my creativity alive and fresh, I have to pretend that no one is watching the show, that there are no audiences, there are no ratings; I'm just telling a story.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

I remember one time my cousin telling me - she's got four kids - she would pour the milk down the drain so she could drive to the Dairy Barn just to get out of the house.

People should be allowed to roll out of bed and go to an interview; people shouldn't be telling you, 'You can't curse because it's not ladylike.' I don't believe in those standards.

I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives.

I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view.