Quotes About Independence

If a man want cook, he hire one, nah? Or do it himself, if he have a mind.

Ik voel me zo vrij alsof ik niet ben opgesloten, maar zojuist ben bevrijd uit de gevangenis van mij leven.

They can herd you only because you can't herd yourselves. Forget the flock. Forget the dogs. Herd yourselves.

I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.

I am sure it would be very pleasant and healthy for human beings to have no authority whatever. They would have to think for themselves, instead of always being told what to do and think by advertisements, cinemas, policemen, and parliaments.

People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.

Joan Miró gave me some money one day and told me to get him some cigarettes. I gave it back and said if he wanted cigarettes, he could bloody well get them himself.

There is nobody that can make you happy, you must take care of this matter yourself.

The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.

Fear has never helped anybody make good choices. It leads to clinging when we should be walking.

Your children are not little mirrors reflecting back the good or bad job you've done.

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

Never let someone else's opinion of you become your reality

Puppets go to sleep the moment they break free from their strings.

Remember: a clever woman never lets a man know how cleaver she is

But — but — it's twelve miles,' they spluttered in chorus. 'You can't walk. It's impossible! It's too far!' Strolling along the empty road in the sunshine, between the paddy fields spreading flat to humpy hills, I didn't care even if they were right.

A free spirit myself, I secretly admired a freer one. To deny his right to chose his own path, was to deny myself that right, too.

He wasn't there to save her. She must know how to save herself.

Fuck them, darling, if they just don't get it," retorted Freddie.

My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.

he wasn't a failure. He made for himself a world fit for himself to live in.

I wished there was someone, somewhere I could ask: What should I do? But no such person existed in my world. I was the only expert on living my own life, the only person I could turn to for answers.

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone, even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. Singleness can give us the kind of backbone - courage, confidence, and leadership skills that an effective Christian must learn.

A girl had to do what a girl had to do and it looked as if this girl's immediate future included chicken Caesar salad, chocolate cake, and Cary Grant.