Quotes About Independence

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets.

In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

Some of the wildest men make the best pets.

the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted.

Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was a well-kept pet, not a man.

I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free.

Face flushed, I shook my head and stared at my white-knuckled grip on the bed. Of all my pet peeves, condescending adults were probably at the top of the list.

The philosophy of Africanism holds out the hope of a genuine democracy beyond the stormy sea of struggle

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.

If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.

Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' and my soul began to rise.

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

Just me and my nuts, that's all I got in this world.

If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.

When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

Fly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings.

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.