Quotes About Self-reliance

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

Never sell, never franchise.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.

I'm not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.

I say I'm not a control freak and I don't like to be in charge. But on the other hand, I really don't like anyone telling me what to do. I have some authority issues.

I can't watch scary movies right now, because living on my own, it kind of freaks me out.

I've been a free man.

We need to move back toward a free market.

I'm a very free market guy.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.

I want to have freedom with everything I do.

Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.

As an actor, you are always waiting for someone else to be able to tell you when it's okay to work, and as a writer, you can just pick up your computer and start whenever you want. That is really freeing.

I've lived a life of unplanned freelance employment.

You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person.

I frequently say that I never share blame, I never share credit, and I never share desserts!

My whole freshman year at Duke, it was drilled into me that nothing was given to you, and you have to earn it, and this is a dog-eat-dog world, and blah blah blah, and blah blah blah. And you buy into it, 100 percent. You end up loving it. That's the way it should be, right?

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

The Boss doesn't need friends, but the ones I do have, I keep very close.

There's nothing more adult than being ripped away from friends and family, you know? Having to manage a life when you're not fully there, manage a life when you don't make a lot of money. It's very adult.