Quotes About Independence

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

Who to himself is law no law doth need,Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

I'm interested to go other places, I've been the boy in the bubble since we've been shooting, I need to go travel a little bit, see where the action is, other than going to see family, of course.

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it.

Our deeds are like children that are born to us;they live and act apart from our own will.

I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.

The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.

Children leave," Ilemina told her. "It is the greatest tragedy of motherhood that if you have done everything right, if you have raised them in confidence and independence, they will pick up and leave you. It is as it's meant to be.

You seem to be under the impression that I work for you and you can give me orders. Let me fix that." I hung up.

My lords! I'm not a castle. You don't have to storm me.

Your body belongs to you alone. Touching it is a privilege, and it's up to you to grant it.

There are some women who'd be offended in my place," I told him. "I'm not helpless and I turn into a monster." "Maybe I'm afraid and I want company." He pretended to shiver. "I may need a big strong monster to protect me. You wouldn't leave a defenseless attractive man out on the streets alone, would you?

At heart, Curran was a cat. He liked soft things, high places, and enough room to stretch out.

Even if we were mated, I have my own name and I made my own rep. I don't think the term 'mate' should trump everything I've done. I've earned more than that." Jim

Are we going to school today?" "No. "Great. Then I'm going to go outside and see if I can get a gun. Since my own family won't let me have one, I'll have to beg strangers." - Leon & Penelope

And most of the time, I like being by myself. But when I look into my future, I see no family, no husband, no children. No warmth. I just see myself getting older and more scarred.

I bloody hated bodyguard detail. On regular jobs, I had to depend only on myself. But bodyguard detail was a couple's kind of dance. You had to work with the body you guarded, and in my experience, bodies proved uncooperative.

People must make their own choices, no matter how wrong those choices are. Otherwise they can't be free." A

Then get strong. Learn to be bad enough so others don't have to die to keep you safe.