Quotes About Independence

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.

My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman.

But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.

We heed no instincts but our own.

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.

There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.

I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.

My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I'll be forever grateful.

Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.

I bet you never thought the hardest part of finding your 'savior? would be getting her mom to let her stay out past curfew.

My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house.

Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for my bedroom. It was just what you do at 18.

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.

Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines.

Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.

You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself.

Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great.

My main goal was to not tell my mom anything or anyone anything. Even within our family, we like to do it ourselves, we like to be our own boss, and we don't like asking for help.

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.