Quotes About Independence

There's no law that says you have to do what your mentor suggests. And the sooner you learn how to say 'no' confidently, the easier it will be to manage these key relationships.

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.

The Internet keeps us constantly connected, and the increasing sophistication of mobile devices allows us much greater choice over when, how, and where we work.

I was the oldest male in the house from when I was a sophomore in high school, so I definitely had to grow up a lot quicker.

I didn't want to be Nelsons's wife. I wanted to be soprano Kristine Opolais.

No one will ever feel sorry for me.

I'm sorry, I'm not a performing monkey.

I've been through so much in my life. I really don't like the feeling sorry for me, the pity.

I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me.

I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.

We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did come home, the door was locked. And I had gotten a set of luggage for graduation that day, and it was on the front porch, packed. He thought that he was going to prove a point and I was going to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry'.

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry.

I feel sorry for girls getting caught up in it and still thinking they have to define themselves and their success by being in a relationship, straight women, straight girls, by being in a heterosexual relationship or being in any relationship, as if that's in any way a mark of what kind of successful human being you are.

Seriously, how many places on this planet exist in which you get to say to your boss, 'Sorry, but I'm leaving to climb a mountain, and I won't have Wi-Fi or cell service for a week.'

As a stuntwoman, I never wanted anyone to ever feel afraid for me. I didn't want anyone to ever feel sorry for me.

Being unapologetic means never having to say you're sorry.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

I don't want anybody feeling sorry for me.

I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone.

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics.