Quotes About Independence

Let's get unemployed Americans off the welfare and back to work in their own country.

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or whatever. Actors have to be producers and writers have to be producers.

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

Ask God's blessings on your work but don't ask Him to do it for you.

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.

Anyone who is going to make anything out of history will, sooner or later, have to do most of the work himself. He will have to read, and consider, and reconsider, and then read some more.

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.

After I got out of the studio system, I was completely [broke] for the 30th time; they said I'd never work again. So I'm going to go and produce those movies that they wouldn't let me do.

We want to encourage those who are able to work, no question.

If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years.

Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

I do less waiting by the phone than anyone I know in the business. I don't wait for a job. I just go on to my own work.

There are a lot of decisions to make, creatively. Now, with digital, you can really be the author of your own work. From the beginning to the end of the process, you control everything.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

I don't own a blowdryer - I don't know how to use it. Most mornings, I walk to work with my hair wet.