Quotes About Independence

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.

If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.

When people tell you're not good enough, don't mind them.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired."

I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

I'm a bad woman, but I'm damn good company.

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

Good work is always done in defiance of management.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

I left my fingerprints somewhere - that's good enough. I am my own person - that's good enough. I stand my ground - that's good enough.

Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

Being a good psychoanalyst has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.