Quotes About Independence

Even a slave may rise from the dust, and whet his gaze into a knife, and tell his master, "You will never own me.

Not that she took to the usual ministrations that followed her husband's death. When a cleric suggested to Victoria that "Henceforth you must remember that Christ Himself will be your husband," the queen declared, "This is what I call twaddle!"73

By starting independently of submission to the truth and direction of Christ's Word, we shall never end our arguments anywhere but independently of Christ.

hey be ur own heck of a person, and dont copy what other people do or say. cause then it just makes u look really bad, then that person who u copyied will get mad at u. so grow up a little

So when she wasn't sleeping or just sitting and listening to the storm or tinkering at her workbench, she flew.

If you really want to get a job done, give it to a mutt like Joey. She didn't need no fish-and-rice, quinoa-and-chicken diet. She could do anything powered on Dr Pepper and Red Vines and look awesome doing it.

You can't be perfect unless you're alone, and then guess what? You're alone. So you're still not perfect.

You can't help people more than they want to help themselves.

each of us is whole and complete unto ourselves.

The opportunity to be imprisoned or free is ours, and we're the only ones who can make the choice.

I was free. Free also means nothing.

Free will again, Cathy said. Or free wont, Peterson said mildly.

Once you've grown up in space, moving on means moving out, not going back to Earth. Nobody wants to be a groundpounder.

Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.

She is a woman who needs someone to take care of her, but it isn't going to be me.

No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.

Leave my copy alone. You don't know what you're doing.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

I don't care to belong to any organization that accepts me as a member.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

Do you mind if I don't smoke?

We'll meet at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat 'til you get there. Once you get there; you're on your own.