Quotes About Independence

How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group?

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little

I just don't want to give them my name and say, 'Do whatever you want.' I am trying to create my brand.

Deep down, Erikson wants profoundly to be respected and admired - and very deep down he wants to be left alone.

Obviously I can't rely on my group, but I don't want to rely on a laptop just to play back some backing tracks, that's not the way I do things really.

Everybody's talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along.

Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)

Man is free the moment he wants to be.

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.

As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.

Do what you want to do, and go where you're going to. Think for yourself, 'Cause I won't be there with you.

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

What I like about being alone is being able to do whatever you want and it's for yourself.

Being the boss of your own career, you get used to having veto power and getting what you want, or as close to what you want as you have mapped out.

I want you to like me, but I don't care if you don't.

Everything is generated through your own will power. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. This is a democracy. You go where you want to go and do what you want to do.

Fit in where you don't: make your own space..be different..don't give in. Exist somewhere you're not suppose to, or where you don't want to. Be your own men; do what you want, and don't hurt anybdoy

You can do pretty much anything you want in this world, and it's not all that difficult - you just have to ignore the people who tell you that you need to go this way, and it's the only way.

I've learned to really just say no. If I don't want to do something, I won't do it. There's nothing that can make me do anything.